Comparison of cardiovascular protective effects of tropical seaweeds, kappaphycus alvarezii, caulerpa lentillifera, and sargassum polycystum, on high-cholesterol/high-fat diet in rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 792-800

  Matanjun, Patricia ^a,b   Mohamed, Suhaila ^a   Muhammad, Kharidah ^a   Mustapha, Noordin Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

antioxidant; body weight; cholesterol; rats; seaweeds

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAULERPA LENTILLIFERA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART PROTECTION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII; LIPID DIET; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARGASSUM POLYCYSTUM; SEAWEED; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CAULERPA; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OBESITY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHODOPHYTA; SARGASSUM; SEAWEED; TRIGLYCERIDES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CAULERPA LENTILLIFERA; EUCHEUMA COTTONII; KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII; RATTUS; SARGASSUM POLYCYSTUM;

EID: 77955194429     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.1212     Document Type: Article

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