Properties of Nanopowdered Chitosan and its Cholesterol Lowering Effect in rats

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1457-1462

  Park, Ju Hyun ^a   Hong, Eun Kyung ^a   Ahn, Joungjwa ^b   Kwak, Hae Soo ^a  

^a Sejong University   (South Korea)

^b Jungwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol lowering; Nanopowdered chitosan; Triacylglycerol lowering

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL CONTENT; CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING EFFECTS; HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (LDL)-CHOLESTEROL LOWERING; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; MALE RATS; NANOPOWDERED CHITOSAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LOWERING; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS;

CHITOSAN; GLYCEROL; RATS;

CHOLESTEROL;

RATTUS;

EID: 79957656952     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10068-010-0208-6     Document Type: Article

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