Fatty acids and lignans in unground whole flaxseed and sesame seed are bioavailable but have minimal antioxidant and lipid-lowering effects in postmenopausal women

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1366-1375

  Coulman, Karen D ^a   Liu, Zhen ^a   Michaelides, John ^b   Hum, Winston Quan ^b   Thompson, Lilian U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Robin Hood Multifoods Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Blood lipids; Flaxseed; Sesame seed; Tocopherols

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; FATTY ACID; LIGNAN; TOCOPHEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLAX; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SESAME; URINE;

AGED; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FLAX; HUMANS; LIGNANS; MIDDLE AGED; SESAMUM; TOCOPHEROLS;

SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 70449560974     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200900032     Document Type: Article

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