Investigation of the Effects of a Sapogenin-Rich Preparation from a Jamaican Yam (Dioscorea Sp.) on Blood Cholesterol Levels in Rats

Proceedings of the Western Pharmacology Society

Volumn 46, Issue , 2003, Pages 156-159

  McKoy, Marsha Lynn ^a   Omoruyi, Felix ^a   Simon, Oswald ^a   Asemota, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOSGENIN; SAPOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART PROTECTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; YAM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIOSCOREA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPOGENINS;

EID: 0345305433     PISSN: 00838969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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