Hypolipidaemic effect of fruit juice of Emblica officinalis in cholesterol-fed rabbits

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Mathur, Ritu ^a   Sharma, Arti ^a   Dixit, V P ^a   Varma, Mira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Aortic plaques; Emblica fruit juice feeding; Fecal cholesterol; LDL cholesterol; Tissue lipids

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT JUICE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; RABBIT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EMBLICA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0030063787     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-8741(95)01308-3     Document Type: Article

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