Cardioprotective compounds of red pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) fruit

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 152-156

  Omidizadeh, Alireza ^a   Yusof, Rokiah Mohd ^a   Ismail, Amin ^a   Roohinejad, Shahin ^b   Nateghi, Leila ^b   Bakar, Mohd Zuki Abu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cardioprotective compounds; Curative study; Hypercholesterolemia; Male rat; Polyphenols; Red pitaya; Soluble dietary fibre; Sprague Dawley; Tropical fruits

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; GLUCOSE; HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS EXTRACT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; SCAVENGER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART PROTECTION; HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MICROWAVE COOKING; NONHUMAN; RAT; RED PITAYA; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS; RATTUS; STENOCEREUS STELLATUS;

EID: 80655134068     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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