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The hypolipidaemic effect of inulin: when animal studies help to approach the human problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

N. M. Delzenne
N. M. Delzenne
Affiliation:
Pharmacokinetics Metabolism, Nutrition and Toxicology Unit 7369, School of Pharmacy, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Invited commentary
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , July 1999 , pp. 3 - 4
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999

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