Effects of surface-deacetylated chitin nanofibers in an experimental model of hypercholesterolemia

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 17445-17455

  Azuma, Kazuo ^a   Nagae, Tomone ^a   Nagai, Takeshi ^b   Izawa, Hironori ^a   Morimoto, Minoru ^a   Murahata, Yusuke ^a   Osaki, Tomohiro ^a   Tsuka, Takeshi ^a   Imagawa, Tomohiro ^a   Ito, Norihiko ^a   Okamoto, Yoshiharu ^a   Saimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Ifuku, Shinsuke ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitin nanofibers; Chitosan; Hypercholesterolemia; Rats; Surface deacetylated chitin nanofibers

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CELLULOSE NANOFIBER; CHITOSAN; CHOLESTEROL; CHYLOMICRON; FAT DROPLET; NANOFIBER; PHOSPHOLIPID; SURFACE DEACETYLATED CHITIN NANOFIBER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY;

RATTUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL; NANOFIBERS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RATS;

EID: 84938327475     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms160817445     Document Type: Article

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