The fat and protein fractions of freshwater clam (Corbicula fluminea) extract reduce serum cholesterol and enhance bile acid biosynthesis and sterol excretion in hypercholesterolaemic rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 526-534

  Chijimatsu, Takeshi ^a,b   Umeki, Miki ^c   Okuda, Yuji ^d   Yamada, Koji ^e   Oda, Hiroaki ^d   Mochizuki, Satoshi ^c  

^a Sasaki Food Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b Shizenshokken Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fat fraction; Freshwater clam extract; Hypercholesterolaemia; Protein fraction

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER G5; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; CORBICULA FLUMINEA EXTRACT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FECES LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STEROL EXCRETION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMAL NUTRITION SCIENCES; ANIMALS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BIVALVIA; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATS; FECES; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; PHYTOSTEROLS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEROLS;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; RATTUS;

EID: 79951670104     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510004058     Document Type: Article

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