Oil palm phenolics and vitamin E reduce atherosclerosis in rabbits

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 541-550

  Che Idris, Che Anishas ^a,b   Karupaiah, Tilakavati ^b   Sundram, Kalyana ^c   Tan, Yew Ai ^a   Balasundram, Nagendran ^a   Leow, Soon Sen ^a   Nasruddin, Nurrul Shaqinah ^d   Sambanthamurthi, Ravigadevi ^a  

^a MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Malaysian Palm Oil Council   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Atherosclerosis; Lipid profiles; Oil palm phenolics

Indexed keywords

ELAEIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84898049998     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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