Current awareness of the importance of environmental factors such as diet in the etiology of
human cancer has stimulated renewed interest in animal models for studying effects of diet …

… In rabbits, animal proteins were generally found to be more hy percholesterolemic than
plant proteins (Carroll et al. 1979; Hamilton and Carroll 1976). The differential between plasma …

… KK Carroll is directed of the Human Nutrition Centre and a member of the Department of
Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1. He is a …

… Guthrie and KK Carroll with the Department of Biochemistry, AF Chambers with the
Department of Oncology, and M. Moussa with the Department of Pathology, The University of …

The flavonoids are a group of naturally-occurring, low molecular weight compounds that are
widespread in plants. Representatives of several different classes of flavonoids were tested …

Tocotrienols are a form of vitamin E, having an unsaturated isoprenoid side-chain rather
than the saturated side-chain of tocopherols. The tocotrienol-rich fraction (TRF) from palm oil …

The activation of LDL receptors was described recently in a human hepatoma cell line (Hep
G2) exposed both to α + α′ subunits from 7S soy globulin and to Croksoy R 70, a …

The tocotrienol‐rich fraction (TRF) of palm oil consists of tocotrienols and some α‐tocopherol
(α‐T). Tocotrienols are a form of vitamin E having an unsaturated side‐chain, rather than …

and Conclusions In conclusion, obesity has been associated with increased risk for a number
of different types of cancer. The evidence has been most consistent for endometrial cancer…

In this review the authors discuss the influence of various diet components on the development
of atherosclerosis. Effects of addition of animal or plant proteins (including dried skim-milk…