Experimental Biology and Medicine · 1944 · 20 citations · 0 references
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(1) Twenty-five grams of “soya lecithin” were fed to 8 patients for 6-week periods. (2) The serum cholesterol level in each instance was lowered significantly. The decline was maintained for only 5 weeks despite the maintenance of the “soya lecithin” regime. (3) The induced hypocholesterolemia was not associated with an increase in the basal metabolism.