Effects of fish oil and spirulina on oxidative stress and inflammation in hypercholesterolemic hamsters

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Muga, Miriam Adoyo ^a   Chao, Jane ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fish oil; Hypercholesterolemia; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CYTOKINE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER MODEL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; SPIRULINA; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HAMSTER; LIPID DIET; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CRICETINAE; CYTOKINES; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FISH OILS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LIPIDS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPIRULINA;

EID: 84924331438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-470     Document Type: Article

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