Beneficial lipid-lowering effects of pink guava puree in high fat diet induced-obese rats

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-185

  Norazmir, M N ^a,b   Ayub, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

High fat diet induced rats; Obesity; Pink guava

Indexed keywords

PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; RATTUS;

EID: 77954251417     PISSN: 1394035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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