Blueberry anthocyanins at doses of 0.5 and 1 % lowered plasma cholesterol by increasing fecal excretion of acidic and neutral sterols in hamsters fed a cholesterol-enriched diet

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 869-875

  Liang, Yintong ^a   Chen, Jingnan ^b   Zuo, Yuanyuan ^a   Ma, Ka Ying ^a   Jiang, Yue ^b   Huang, Yu ^a   Chen, Zhen Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Blueberry; Cholesterol; NPC1L1; Sterol excretion

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTHOCYANIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABCG8 GENE; ACAT2 GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAMSTER; LIPID ABSORPTION; MALE; MICROSOMAL TRIGLYCERIDE PROTEIN GENE; NIEMANN PICK C1 LIKE 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTHOCYANINS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRICETINAE; FECES; FRUIT; GLUCOSIDES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; STEROLS;

CRICETINAE; VACCINIUM;

EID: 84879556019     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-012-0393-6     Document Type: Article

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