Acute consumption of walnuts and walnut components differentially affect postprandial lipemia, endothelial function, oxidative stress, and cholesterol efflux in humans with mild hypercholesterolemia

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 788-794

  Berryman, Claire E ^a   Grieger, Jessica A ^a   West, Sheila G ^a   Chen, Chung Yen O ^b   Blumberg, Jeffrey B ^b   Rothblat, George H ^c   Sankaranarayanan, Sandhya ^c   Kris Etherton, Penny M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALIMENTARY LIPEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPEREMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WALNUT;

ADULT; CELL LINE; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JUGLANS; LIPIDS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD;

EID: 84878246396     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.170993     Document Type: Article

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