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Effects of red pitaya juice supplementation on cardiovascular and hepatic changes in high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome rats

BACKGROUND: The fruit of Hylocereus polyrhizus, also known as red pitaya, and buah naga in Malay, is one of the tropical fruits of the cactus family, Cactaceae. Red pitaya has been shown to protect aorta from oxidative damage and improve lipid profiles in hypercholesterolemic rats probably due to ph...

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Autores principales: Ramli, Nurul Shazini, Brown, Lindsay, Ismail, Patimah, Rahmat, Asmah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4064814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24919841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-14-189