Effect of bioactive compounds of table beet cultivars on alimentary induced fatty livers of rats

Acta Alimentaria

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-280

  Sardi E ^a   Stefanovits Banyai E ^a   Kocsis, I ^b   Takacs Hajos M ^c   Febel H ^d   Blazovics A ^b  

^a Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Tessedik Samuel College   (Hungary)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Betaine; Betanin; Lipid lowering bioactive constituents; Redox homeostasis; Total polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; RATTUS;

EID: 70350645625     PISSN: 01393006     EISSN: 15882535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAlim.38.2009.3.1     Document Type: Article

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