Study of the hypolipidemic properties of pectin, garlic and ginseng in hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-166

  Ismail, Manal F ^a   Gad, Mohamed Z ^a   Hamdy, Mohamed A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Garlic; Gemfibrozil; Ginseng; Hypercholesterolemia; Pectin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GEMFIBROZIL; HEPARIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIVER TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; PECTIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GARLIC; GINSENG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033082203     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1998.0421     Document Type: Article

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