Tomato lycopene is a natural antioxidant and can alleviate hypercholesterolemia

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 6627-6633

  Basuny, Amany M ^a   Gaafar, Ahmed M ^a   Arafat, Shaker M ^a  

^a Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Lycopene; Oxidative biomarkers; Serum analysis

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BUTYLCRESOL; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LYCOPENE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITROGEN; UREA; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOMATO; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RATTUS;

EID: 74549215151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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