Flaxseed lignan lowers blood cholesterol and decreases liver disease risk factors in moderately hypercholesterolemic men

Nutrition Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 441-446

  Fukumitsu, Satoshi ^a   Aida, Kazuhiko ^a   Shimizu, Hirokazu ^a   Toyoda, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a Kanagawa 243 0041   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Flaxseed; Humans; Lignans; Liver; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL DIGLUNOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LINSEED; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLAX; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIGNANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLACEBOS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RISK FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 77955936575     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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