Effects of red pitaya juice supplementation on cardiovascular and hepatic changes in high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome rats
Background: The fruit of Hylocereus polyrhizus, also known as red pitaya, and buah naga in Malay, is one of the tropical fruits of the cactus family, Cactaceae. Red pitaya has been shown to protect aorta from oxidative damage and improve lipid profiles in hypercholesterolemic rats probably due to ph...
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BioMed Central
2014
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37387/1/Effects%20of%20red%20pitaya%20juice%20supplementation%20on%20cardiovascular%20and%20hepatic%20changes%20in%20high.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37387/ http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/14/189/abstract |
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| Institution: | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
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