Effects of fenugreek seeds and its extracts on plasma lipid profile: A study on rabbits

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 572-575

  Al Habori, M ^a,b   Al Aghbari, A M ^a   Al Mamary, M ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b NONE   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Fenugreek; Hypocholesterolaemia; Plasma lipids; Steroidal sapogenin

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SAPONIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABBIT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032422444     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199812)12:8<572::AID-PTR353>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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