Effect of fruits of Moringa oleifera on the lipid profile of normal and hypercholesterolaemic rabbits

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 191-195

  Mehta, Late Komal ^a   Balaraman, R ^a   Amin, A H ^b   Bafna, P A ^a   Gulati, O D ^c  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b Alembic Limited   (India)

^c Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises   (India)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Hypolipidaemic effect; Lovastatin; Moringa oleifera; Prevention of atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MEVINOLIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BANANA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FECES; FRUIT; HEART; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER; MALE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; RABBIT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 0037625621     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00075-8     Document Type: Article

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