Hypocholesterolaemic effects of Terminalia arjuna tree bark

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-169

  Ram, Alpana ^a   Lauria, P ^a   Gupta, Rajeev ^b   Kumar, Pradeep ^a   Sharma, V N ^a  

^a SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Medicine Monilek Hospital and Research Center ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; HERBAL MEDICINE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABBIT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

TERMINALIA ARJUNA;

EID: 0030952358     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(96)01493-6     Document Type: Article

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