Hypocholesterolemic activity of buckwheat flour is mediated by increasing sterol excretion and down-regulation of intestinal NPC1L1 and ACAT2

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 311-318

  Yang, Nan ^a   Li, Yuk Man ^a   Zhang, Kunsheng ^b   Jiao, Rui ^c   Ma, Ka Ying ^a   Zhang, Rui ^d   Ren, Guixing ^d   Chen, Zhen Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (China)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

ACAT2; Hypocholesterolemia; NPC1L1; Rice flour; Tartary buckwheat flour; Wheat flour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895071231     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

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