Blood lipid profile, oxidation and pressure of men and women consumed olive oil

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Al Rewashdeh, Abdullah Y A ^a  

^a MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

BP; HDL c; LDL c; MDA; Minor components; Olive oils; Phenols; TC

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; OLIVE OIL; PHENOL; PHOSPHOLIPID; RETINOL; SQUALENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77149172530     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2010.15.26     Document Type: Article

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