Open AccessSupplementation with 3 compositionally different tocotrienol supplements does not improve cardiovascular disease risk factors in men and women with hypercholesterolemia
Author(s) -
Vikkie A. Mustad,
Carla Smith,
Peter P Ruey,
Neilé K. Edens,
Stephen J. DeMichele
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/76.6.1237
Subject(s) - tocotrienol , vitamin e , placebo , blood lipids , antioxidant , tocopherol , medicine , endocrinology , cholesterol , lipid profile , chemistry , biochemistry , alternative medicine , pathology
Tocotrienols have been reported to lower LDL-cholesterol and fasting glucose concentrations and to have potent antioxidant effects, but the results are contradictory.
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