Hypolipidaemic potential of seaweeds in normal, triton-induced and high-fat diet-induced hyperlipidaemic rats

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 571-579

  Ruqqia, Khan ^a   Sultana, Viqar ^a   Ara, Jehan ^a   Ehteshamul Haque, Syed ^a   Athar, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; High fat diet; Hypolipidaemic potential; Normal; Rats; Seaweeds; Triglyceride; Triton

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939874639     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-014-0321-7     Document Type: Article

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