Hypolipidemic and antiatherogenic effects of dietary chitosan and wheatbran in high fat- high cholesterol fed rats

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 30-37

  Lamiaa, A A Barakat ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Fecal fats and oxidative stress; Hypercholesterolemia; Lipid peroxidation; Wheat bran

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155181081     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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