Effects of dietary flaxseed on atherosclerotic plaque regression

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Francis, Andrew A ^a   Deniset, Justin F ^a   Austria, Jose A ^a   LaValleé, Renee K ^a   Maddaford, Graham G ^a   Hedley, Thomas E ^a   Dibrov, Elena ^a   Pierce, Grant N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Flaxseed; Heart disease; Regression; Vascular contractile function

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLINE; FATTY ACID; NORADRENALIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LINSEED; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR RING; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FLAXSEED; HEART DISEASE; REGRESSION; VASCULAR CONTRACTILE FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; FLAX; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RABBITS; SEEDS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84879186246     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00606.2012     Document Type: Article

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