Diet supplementation with beta-carotene improves the serum lipid profile in rats fed a cholesterol-enriched diet

Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 811-820

  Silva, Lorena Souza E ^a   De Miranda, Aline Mayrink ^a   De Brito Magalhães, Cíntia Lopes ^a   Dos Santos, Rinaldo Cardoso ^a   Pedrosa, Maria Lúcia ^a   Silva, Marcelo Eustáquio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta carotene; Cholesterol metabolism genes; Fecal excretion; Hypercholesterolemia; Rats

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER G5; ABC TRANSPORTER G8; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FECES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL 7-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FECES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER; PPAR ALPHA; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, LDL;

EID: 84888435048     PISSN: 11387548     EISSN: 18778755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13105-013-0257-4     Document Type: Article

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