Effects of an onion by-product on bioactivity and safety markers in healthy rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1574-1582

  Roldán Marín, Eduvigis ^a,c   Krath, Britta N ^a,b   Poulsen, Morten ^a   Binderup, Mona Lise ^a   Nielsen, Tom H ^b   Hansen, Max ^a   Barri, Thaer ^b   Langkilde, Søren ^a   Pilar Cano, M ^c   Sánchez Moreno, Concepción ^c   Dragsted, Lars O ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTO DEL FRÍO CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; DNA damage; Fructo oligosaccharides; Gene expression; Gut health; Hb; Onion by products

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BUTYRIC ACID; CATALASE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; ONION EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; PROPIONIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHROCYTE; FOOD SAFETY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEME SYNTHESIS; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RAT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CECUM; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DNA DAMAGE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUCTANS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEME; HEMOGLOBINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIVER; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; ONIONS; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 73749087705     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509990870     Document Type: Article

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