| Literature DB >> 23748774 |
Kazuhisa Honda1, Takaoki Saneyasu, Shin Hasegawa, Yuji Tominaga, Shinichi Yokota, Hiroshi Kamisoyama.
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Dietary licorice fravonoid oil (LFO) significantly decreased hepatic cholesterol and plasma lipoprotein cholesterol levels in high-fat diet rats. It significantly suppressed hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase activity and increased cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase activity. The low density lipoprotein receptor mRNA level was significantly increased by LFO. These results suggest that dietary LFO improves cholesterol metabolism in obese animals.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23748774 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.130104
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biosci Biotechnol Biochem ISSN: 0916-8451 Impact factor: 2.043