Anti-oxidant and anti-hypercholesterolemic activities of wasabia japonica

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-464

  Lee, Young Sun ^a,c   Yang, Jae Ha ^b   Bae, Man Jong ^b   Yoo, Wang Keun ^b   Ye, Shen ^c   Xue, Charlie C L ^c   Li, Chun Guang ^c  

^a Division Hotel Food Service and Culinary   (South Korea)

^b Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anti oxidant; cholesterol; hypercholesterolemic; Wasabia japonica

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CHOLESTEROL; ENZYME; FREE RADICAL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIVER ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASABI JAPONICA EXTRACT; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL LINE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WASABI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 77954982595     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nen038     Document Type: Article

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