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Percentage of aortic wall area changes as indication of atherosclerosis development and fasting blood cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglyceride levels were determined in all groups.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The results indicate that fasting blood cholesterol and aortic atherosclerotic involvements in 200\u00a0mg\/kg\/day and 100\u00a0mg\/kg\/day <jats:italic>P. eldarica<\/jats:italic> nut extract treated groups significantly decreased as compared to the high cholesterol-diet control group.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              <jats:italic>P. eldarica<\/jats:italic> nut lowers blood cholesterol level and aortic atherosclerotic involvement in hypercholesterolemic rabbits.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s40199-015-0114-9","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,6,8]],"date-time":"2015-06-08T11:33:44Z","timestamp":1433763224000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Anti-hyperlipidemic and anti-atherosclerotic effects of Pinus eldarica Medw. nut in hypercholesterolemic rabbits"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Hasan Fallah","family":"Huseini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maryam Sotoudeh","family":"Anvari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yaser Tajallizadeh","family":"khoob","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shahram","family":"Rabbani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Farshad","family":"Sharifi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Seyed Masoud","family":"Arzaghi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hossein","family":"Fakhrzadeh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,6,9]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"114_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"934","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijcard.2012.10.046","volume":"168","author":"JA Finegold","year":"2012","unstructured":"Finegold JA, Asaria P, Francis DP. 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