Effect of pomegranate seed oil on hyperlipidaemic subjects: A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 402-406

  Mirmiran, Parvin ^a,b   Fazeli, Mohammad Reza ^c   Asghari, Golaleh ^a   Shafiee, Abbas ^d   Azizi, Fereidoun ^e  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hyperlipidaemia; Pomegranate seed oil; Randomised clinical trials

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; POMETANE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT SEED; POMEGRANATE;

LYTHRACEAE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; PUNICACEAE; SEEDS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77955496312     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000504     Document Type: Article

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