Protective effect of dietary apricot kernel oil supplementation on cholesterol levels and antioxidant status of liver in hypercholesteremic rats

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 61-65

  Kutlu, Türkan ^a   Durmaz, Gökhan ^a   Ateş, Burhan ^a   Erdoǧan, Ali ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apricot kernel oil; Catalase; Cholesterol; Glutathione peroxidase; Malondialdehyde; Sunflower oil

Indexed keywords

APRICOT OIL; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUNFLOWER OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APRICOT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEED KERNEL;

HELIANTHUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; RATTUS;

EID: 73949149921     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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