Powdered red yeast rice and plant stanols and sterols to lower cholesterol

Journal of Dietary Supplements

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-115

  Feuerstein, Joseph Stefon ^a,b   Bjerke, Wendy Sue ^c  

^a STAMFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypercholesterolemia; Plant stanols and sterols; Red yeast rice

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTIN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONASCUS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONASCUS; PHYTOSTEROLS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANIMALIA; MONASCUS PURPUREUS;

EID: 84861322832     PISSN: 19390211     EISSN: 1939022X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19390211.2012.682645     Document Type: Article

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