Blueberry, blackberry, and blackcurrant differentially affect plasma lipids and pro-inflammatory markers in diet-induced obesity mice

Nutrition Research and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 494-500

  Kim, Bohkyung ^a   Lee, Sang Gil ^a   Park, Young Ki ^a   Ku, Chai Siah ^a   Pham, Tho X ^a   Wegner, Casey J ^a   Yang, Yue ^a   Koo, Sung I ^a   Chun, Ock K ^a   Lee, Ji Young ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Berry anthocyanins; Hypolipidemic effects; Inflammation; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989834752     PISSN: 19761457     EISSN: 20056168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2016.10.5.494     Document Type: Article

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