Effect of dietary blueberry (Vaccinium ashei Reade) leaves on serum and hepatic lipid levels in rats

Journal of Oleo Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 89-96

  Yuji, Kumiko ^a,b   Sakaida, Hiroshi ^c   Kai, Takanori ^c   Fukuda, Nobuhiro ^d   Yukizaki, Chizuko ^e   Sakai, Miho ^e   Tsubouchi, Hirohito ^f   Kataoka, Hiroaki ^b  

^a Miyazaki Prefectural Industrial Support Foundation   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c Paleoenvironment Research Center   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^e Miyazaki Prefectural Food R and D Center   (Japan)

^f KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blueberry leaf; Fatty liver; Lipid lowering activity; Vaccinium ashei Reade

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASES; NUTRITION; RATS;

BLUEBERRY LEAF; DOSE-DEPENDENT; FATTY LIVER; LIPID LOWERING; LIPID-LOWERING ACTIVITY; LIVER LIPIDS; SERUM LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS; VACCINIA ASHEI READE; VACCINIUM ASHEI;

CHOLESTEROL;

LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FATTY LIVER; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VACCINIUM;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY LIVER; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGLYCERIDES; VACCINIUM;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873624772     PISSN: 13458957     EISSN: 13473352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5650/jos.62.89     Document Type: Article

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