Flaxseed oil and α-lipoic acid combination reduces atherosclerosis risk factors in rats fed a high-fat diet

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Xu, Jiqu ^a   Yang, Wei ^b   Deng, Qianchun ^a   Huang, Qingde ^a   Yang, Jin'E ^a   Huang, Fenghong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

lipoic acid; Atherosclerosis; Flaxseed oil; Inflammation; Oxidant stress; Plasma lipids

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; LARD; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LINSEED OIL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; SOYBEAN OIL; STEARIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOCTIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RISK REDUCTION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATALASE; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LINSEED OIL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPIDS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK FACTORS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84868244210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-511X-11-148     Document Type: Article

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