The hypocholesterolemic activity of açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) is mediated by the enhanced expression of the ATP-binding cassette, subfamily G transporters 5 and 8 and low-density lipoprotein receptor genes in the rat

Nutrition Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 976-984

  De Souza, Melina Oliveira ^a   Souza e Silva, Lorena ^a   de Brito Magalhães, Cíntia Lopes ^a   De Figueiredo, Bianca Barros ^a   Costa, Daniela Caldeira ^a   Silva, Marcelo Eustáquio ^a   Pedrosa, Maria Lúcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A a ; Euterpe oleracea Martius; Expression of genes of cholesterol metabolism; Hypercholesterolemia; Rats

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER G5; ABC TRANSPORTER G8; APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EUTERPE OLERACEA; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER; LIVER WEIGHT; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ARECACEAE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, LDL;

ANIMALIA; EUTERPE OLERACEA; RATTUS;

EID: 84870913866     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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