Atheroprotective effects of dietary l-arginine increase with age in cholesterol-fed rabbits

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1439-1447

  Cremers, Stephanie G ^a   Wolffram, Siegfried J ^b   Weinberg, Peter D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Atherosclerosis; l Arginine; Nitric oxide; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLIC GMP; NITRATE; NITRITE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; THORACIC AORTA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79956046911     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510005234     Document Type: Article

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