Hypolipidaemic and antiatherosclerotic effects of Zingiber officinale in cholesterol fed rabbits

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 517-518

  Sharma, Indu ^a   Cusain, Deepali ^a   Dixit, V P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; hyperlipidaemia; LDL cholesterol; plaque prevention; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; GINGER; HEART; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABBIT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; ZINGIBER; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 0029850723     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199609)10:6<517::AID-PTR839>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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