Antihyperlipidaemic and antihypercholesterolaemic effects of Anethum graveolens leaves after the removal of furocoumarins

Cytobios

Volumn 2001, Issue 410, 2001, Pages 185-191

  Yazdanparast, R ^a   Alavi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anethum graveolens; Cholesterol; Furocoumarins; Hypercholesterolaemia; Hyperlipidaemia; Triacylglycerides; Umbelliferae

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PSORALEN DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DILL; DISEASE MODEL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; RAT;

ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS; ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PSORALENS; RATS; SEEDS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0035231771     PISSN: 00114529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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