Nutrition Research
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 229-234 , March 2004

The effect of a high cholesterol diet on lipids and oxidative stress in plasma, liver and aorta of rabbits and rats

  • Jale Balkan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Çapa, Istanbul, 34093, Turkey
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  • Semra Doğru-Abbasoğlu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Çapa, Istanbul, 34093, Turkey
    • ,
  • Gülçin Aykaç-Toker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Çapa, Istanbul, 34093, Turkey
    • ,
  • Müjdat Uysal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Çapa, Istanbul, 34093, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: (212) 631 13 23; Fax: (212) 635 11 63.

Received 30 April 2003 ,Revised 15 October 2003 ,Accepted 28 October 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2003.10.005

Nutrition Research
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 229-234 , March 2004

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