Red yeast rice increases excretion of bile acids in hamsters

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-277

  Ma, Ka Ying ^a   Zhang, Ze Sheng ^b   Zhao, Shu Xin ^b   Chang, Qi ^c   Wong, Yin Mei ^a   Yeung, Sai Ying Venus ^a   Huang, Yu ^a   Chen, Zhen Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Bile acid; Cholesterol; Monacolin; Red yeast rice; Triacylglcerols

Indexed keywords

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EID: 70350495173     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(09)60056-8     Document Type: Article

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