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Effects of dietary fucoxanthin on cholesterol metabolism in diabetic/obese KK-A(y) mice

BACKGROUND: Fucoxanthin is a xanthophyll present in brown seaweeds and has several beneficial effects, including anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects. However, we and another group previously observed that fucoxanthin increases serum cholesterol levels in rodents. Cholesterol is an important compo...

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Autores principales: Beppu, Fumiaki, Hosokawa, Masashi, Niwano, Yoshimi, Miyashita, Kazuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3477094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22962999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-511X-11-112