Exposure to flaxseed during lactation does not alter prostate area or epithelium height but changes lipid profile in rats

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-255

  De França Cardozo, L Ferreira Medeiros ^a   Chagas, M Alves ^a   Soares, L Leal ^a   Troina, A Andrade ^b   Bonaventura, G Teles ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flaxseed; Lactation; Lipid profile; Prostate; Rats

Indexed keywords

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLAX; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; MALE; PLANT SEED; PROSTATE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; EPITHELIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLAX; LACTATION; MALE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77950317084     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2010.25.2.4289     Document Type: Article

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