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Cholesterol
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 890262, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/890262
Clinical Study
The Effects of Unripe Grape Juice on Lipid Profile Improvement
1Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2Cardiovascular Research Center, Faghihi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
3Metabolic Disease Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
Received 2 April 2012; Revised 11 July 2012; Accepted 31 July 2012
Academic Editor: Christoph H. Saely
Copyright © 2012 Mohammad Javad ZibaeeNezhad et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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