Brazilian nut consumption improves selenium status and glutathione peroxidase activity and reduces atherogenic risk in obese women

Nutrition Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 403-407

  Cominetti, Cristiane ^a   de Bortoli, Maritsa C ^b   Garrido, Arthur B ^b   Cozzolino, Silvia M F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian nut; Cholesterol; Human; Lipidemia; Obesity; Selenium

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL NUT; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BERTHOLLETIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863106546     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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