Anti-obesity and hypolipidemic effects of chufa (Cyperus esculentus L.) in mice fed a high-fat diet

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-322

  Moon, Mi Kyung ^a   Ahn, Jiyun ^a   Lee, Hyunyu ^a   Ha, Tae Youl ^a  

^a Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

anti obesity; chufa; high fat diet; hypolipidemic; mice

Indexed keywords

ANTI-OBESITY; CHUFA; HIGH-FAT DIET; HYPOLIPIDEMIC; MICE;

BODY FLUIDS; MAMMALS; TISSUE;

NUTRITION;

CYPERUS; CYPERUS ESCULENTUS; MUS;

EID: 84862107656     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10068-012-0042-0     Document Type: Article

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