Artichoke extract lowered plasma cholesterol and increased fecal bile acids in Golden Syrian hamsters

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1048-1052

  Qiang, Zhiyi ^a   Lee, Sun Ok ^a   Ye, Zhong ^a   Wu, Xianai ^a   Hendrich, Suzanne ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

artichoke; bile acids; cholesterol; hamster

Indexed keywords

ARTICHOKE EXTRACT; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAMSTER; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; CRICETINAE; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 84863716129     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3698     Document Type: Article

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