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Coffee bean extracts rich and poor in kahweol both give rise to elevation of liver enzymes in healthy volunteers

BACKGROUND: Coffee oil potently raises serum cholesterol levels in humans. The diterpenes cafestol and kahweol are responsible for this elevation. Coffee oil also causes elevation of liver enzyme levels in serum. It has been suggested that cafestol is mainly responsible for the effect on serum chole...

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Autores principales: Boekschoten, Mark V, Schouten, Evert G, Katan, Martijn B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC481079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15256001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-3-7