The effect of virgin coconut oil on lipid profile and fasting blood sugar: A phase I clinical trial

Phillippine Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-6

  dela Paz, Cecille ^a   Jimeno, Cecilia ^a   Sy, Rody ^a   Punzalan, Felix Eduardo ^a   dela Pena, Pepito ^a  

^a PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Lipid profile; Metabolic effect; Virgin coconut oil

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; COCONUT OIL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; POTASSIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRGIN COCONUT OIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

EID: 80955163773     PISSN: 01199641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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