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Background: Evidence about the purported hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of nopales (prickly pear cactus pads) is limited. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of nopales for improving cardiometabolic risk factors and oxidative stress, compared to control, in adults with hypercholesterolemia.
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- Pereira Pignotti, Giselle Adriana (Author)
- Vega-Lopez, Sonia (Thesis advisor)
- Gaesser, Glenn (Committee member)
- Keller, Colleen (Committee member)
- Shaibi, Gabriel (Committee member)
- Sweazea, Karen (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2013
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- Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2013Note typethesis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-101)Note typebibliography
- Field of study: Nutrition
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by Giselle Adriana Pereira Pignotti