Effect of rapeseed oil-derived plant sterol and stanol esters on atherosclerosis parameters in cholesterol-challenged heterozygous Watanabe Heritable Hyperlipidaemic rabbits

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1740-1751

  Schroder, Malene ^a   Fricke, Christiane ^b   Pilegaard, Kirsten ^a   Poulsen, Morten ^a   Wester, Ingmar ^c   Lütjohann, Dieter ^b   Mortensen, Alicja ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Raisio Oyj   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Brassicasterol; Plant stanols; Plant sterols; Rapeseed oil; Watanabe rabbits

Indexed keywords

BRASSICASTEROL; CAMPESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; RAPESEED OIL; SITOSTANOL; SITOSTEROL; STANOL ESTER; 7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; CAMPESTEROL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LIPID; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RABBIT; ANIMAL; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DIET THERAPY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

BRASSICA NAPUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTADIENOLS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPIDS; MALE; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT OILS; RABBITS; SITOSTEROLS;

EID: 74949142622     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509991206     Document Type: Article

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