Supplementation with Aspergillus oryzae-fermented kochujang lowers serum cholesterol in subjects with hyperlipidemia

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 383-387

  Lim, Ji Hee ^a   Jung, Eun Soo ^a   Choi, Eun Kyung ^a   Jeong, Do Yeoun ^b   Jo, Seung Wha ^b   Jin, Jung Hyun ^c   Lee, Jung Mi ^c   Park, Byung Hyun ^a   Chae, Soo Wan ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Sunchang Research Center for Fermentation Microbes   (South Korea)

^c Genesis BBQ   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Fermentation; Hyperlipidemia; Kochujang

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; KOCHUJANG; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC EFFECT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEAL; PILL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAL SIGN; BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928206720     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2014.05.013     Document Type: Article

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