Polyphenol-rich longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.)-flower-water-extract attenuates nonalcoholic fatty liver via decreasing lipid peroxidation and downregulating matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9

Food Research International

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 444-449

  Liu, Cheng Wei ^a   Yang, Deng Jye ^b   Chang, Yuan Yen ^b   Hsu, Chin Lin ^b   Tseng, Jung Kai ^b   Chang, Ming Hsu ^c   Wang, Meiling ^b   Chen, Yi Chen ^d  

^a MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatic lipid peroxidation; Hepatic lipids; Hypercaloric diet; Liver damage index; Longan flower water extract; Matrix metalloproteinase; Phytochemical contents

Indexed keywords

LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DAMAGE INDEX; LONGAN-FLOWER-WATER-EXTRACT; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; PHYTOCHEMICAL CONTENTS;

BLOOD VESSELS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPIDS; NUTRITION; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATION; PHENOLS; POTABLE WATER; RATS;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

DIMOCARPUS LONGAN; RATTUS;

EID: 84855525801     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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