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Pasta Supplemented with Opuntia ficus-indica Extract Improves Metabolic Parameters and Reduces Atherogenic Small Dense Low-Density Lipoproteins in Patients with Risk Factors for the Metabolic Syndrome: A Four-Week Intervention Study

Giuseppe MontaltoMaciej BanachMaciej BanachAngelo Maria PattiMaurizio ZarconeAnca Pantea StoianGiuseppe CarrubaArrigo F G CiceroLetizia CocciadiferroRosaria Vincenza GiglioAli A. RizviAli A. RizviYajnavalka BanerjeeRizzo ManfrediManfredi RizzoDragana NikolicPeter P. TothPeter P. Toth

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0301 basic medicinecardiovascular riskmedicine.medical_specialtyOpuntia ficus-indicaAntioxidantWaistEndocrinology Diabetes and Metabolismmedicine.medical_treatmentlcsh:QR1-502Aspartate transaminase030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyPolysaccharideBiochemistrylcsh:MicrobiologyArticle03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicineInternal medicinemedicineMolecular Biologychemistry.chemical_classificationnutraceuticalslow-density lipoprotein cholesterol030109 nutrition & dieteticsbiologybusiness.industrydyslipidemiamedicine.disease<i>Opuntia ficus-indica</i>EndocrinologyBlood pressurechemistryUreabiology.proteinMetabolic syndromebusinessDyslipidemia

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Food supplementation with Opuntia ficus-indica (OFI) has been associated with a significant reduction in total cholesterol, body fat, hyperglycemia and blood pressure. Since OFI may also have antioxidant and anti-atherogenic properties, we hypothesized that its supplementation might reduce atherogenic lipoproteins, including small, dense low-density lipoproteins (sdLDL). Forty-nine patients (13 men and 36 women, mean age: 56 &plusmn

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2020-10-26
10.3390/metabo10110428https://hdl.handle.net/11585/798157