Dietary models for inducing hypercholesterolemia in rats

The present work aimed at finding a dietetical model capable of promoting the highest hypercholesterolemia without affecting the development of the rats. Sixty female Fisher rats were divided into five groups. The first one was fed a control diet; the remaining four were fed hypercholesterolemic die...

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Main Authors: Sheyla Leite Matos, Heberth de Paula, Maria Lúcia Pedrosa, Rinaldo Cardoso dos Santos, Eduardo Luiz de Oliveira, Deoclécio Alves Chianca Júnior, Marcelo Eustáquio Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2005-03-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132005000200006