Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 332-341 , April 2007

A diet rich in dietary fiber from cocoa improves lipid profile and reduces malondialdehyde in hypercholesterolemic rats

  • Elena Lecumberri, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Instituto del Frío (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
    • Elena Lecumberri and Luis Goya contributed equally to this work.
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  • Luis Goya, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Instituto del Frío (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
    • Elena Lecumberri and Luis Goya contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Raquel Mateos, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Instituto del Frío (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Mario Alía, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Instituto del Frío (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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  • Sonia Ramos, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Instituto del Frío (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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  • María Izquierdo-Pulido, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Laura Bravo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Instituto del Frío (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34-915-445-607; fax: +34-915-493-627.

Received 26 October 2006 ,Accepted 23 January 2007.

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 This work was supported by grant AGL2000-1314 from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (CICYT) and Nutrexpa S.A. (projects PROFIT and CDTI).

PII: S0899-9007(07)00022-6

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2007.01.013

Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 332-341 , April 2007

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