Polyphenol-rich blackcurrant extract exerts hypocholesterolaemic and hypoglycaemic effects in mice fed a diet containing high fat and cholesterol

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1697-1703

  Benn, Tyler ^a   Kim, Bohkyung ^a   Park, Young Ki ^a   Yang, Yue ^a   Pham, Tho X ^a   Ku, Chai Siah ^a   Farruggia, Callie ^a   Harness, Ellen ^a   Smyth, Joan A ^a   Lee, Ji Young ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Blackcurrants; Hyperlipidaemia; Obesity; Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A OXIDASE; ACYL COENZYME A OXIDASE 1; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BLACK CURRANT EXTRACT; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE I; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE I ALPHA; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE I BETA; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2; SUBTILISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY LIVER; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; METABOLISM; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; RIBES;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY LIVER; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS; RECEPTORS, LDL; RIBES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84930924081     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515001105     Document Type: Article

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