Effect of a coffee lipid (cafestol) on cholesterol metabolism in human skin fibroblasts

Consumption of boiled coffee promotes an elevation of plasma cholesterol concentration in humans. The active compounds found in the lipid fraction of the coffee have been identified as the diterpenes cafestol and kahweol. We have studied the effects of pure cafestol on cholesterol metabolism in huma...

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Main Authors: Bente Halvorsen, Trine Ranheim, Marit S. Nenseter, Anthony C. Huggett, Christian A. Drevon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1998-04-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520325761