Lipid lowering activity of guggulsterone from Commiphora mukul in hyperlipaemic rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 508-511

  Chander, Ramesh ^a   Khanna, A K ^a   Kapoor, N K ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Commiphora mukul; guggulsterone; gugulip; hyperlipaemia; lipid lowering agents; triton model

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; GEMFIBROZIL; GUGGULSTERONE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; TYLOXAPOL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FECES; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT;

COMMIPHORA MUKUL;

EID: 0029841455     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199609)10:6<508::AID-PTR895>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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