The role of cholesterol absorption and hepatic cholesterol content in high and low responses to dietary cholesterol and fat in pedigreed baboons (Papio species).

doi:10.1016/0026-0495(93)90238-j

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The role of cholesterol absorption and hepatic cholesterol content in high and low responses to dietary cholesterol and fat in pedigreed baboons (Papio species).

Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Jun 1993

Kushwaha R S, Rice K S, Lewis D S, McGill H C, Carey K D

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Selective breeding has produced baboon families with low and high plasma cholesterol responses to dietary cholesterol and fat. We used 12 high- and 12 low-responding (mainly in low-density lipoprotein [LDL] cholesterol) pedigreed baboons to determine whether cholesterol absorption and hepatic cho...

Topics

Animals
Cholesterol
Cholesterol, Dietary
Coconut Oil
Corn Oil
Dietary Fats
Female
Intestinal Absorption
Liver
Male
Papio
Phenotype
Plant Oils
Time Factors

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