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| Guimarães,P.R.; Galvão,A.M.P.; Batista,C.M.; Azevedo,G.S.; Oliveira,R.D.; Lamounier,R.P.; Freire,N.; Barros,A.M.D.; Sakurai,E.; Oliveira,J.P.; Vieira,E.C.; Alvarez-Leite,J.I.. |
| Eggplant (Solanum melongena) is consumed extensively in Brazil. It has been believed that infusion of a powdered preparation of the fruit may reduce serum cholesterol. However, there are few documented reports on its effects on cholesterol metabolism and its possible hypocholesterolemic effect has not been proved by well-controlled studies. The aim of the present study was to observe the effects of S. melongena on the serum cholesterol and triglycerides of 38 hypercholesterolemic human volunteers ingesting S. melongena infusion for five weeks. Thirty-eight hypercholesterolemic subjects receiving either S. melongena infusion (N = 19) or placebo (N = 19) participated in two clinical experiments in which the effect of S. melongena infusion was studied with (N... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cholesterolemia; Eggplant; Diet; Solanum melongena; Atherosclerosis index. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2000000900006 |
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