Diet rich in high glucoraphanin broccoli reduces plasma LDL cholesterol: Evidence from randomised controlled trials

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 918-926

  Armah, Charlotte N ^a   Derdemezis, Christos ^b   Traka, Maria H ^a   Dainty, Jack R ^a   Doleman, Joanne F ^a   Saha, Shikha ^a   Leung, Wing ^a   Potter, John F ^c   Lovegrove, Julie A ^b   Mithen, Richard F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broccoli; Cholesterol; Glucoraphanin; Sulforaphane

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; GLUCORAPHANIN; GLUCOSINOLATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; IMIDOESTER; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PTEN PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGED; BLOOD; BRASSICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRASSICA; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET; FEMALE; GLUCOSINOLATES; HUMANS; IMIDOESTERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84928770265     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201400863     Document Type: Article

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