Effects of aqueous extracts of petals of red and green Hibiscus sabdariffa on plasma lipid and hematological variables in rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 471-474

  Olatunji, Lawrence A ^a   Adebayo, Joseph O ^a   Oguntoye, Oladapo B ^a   Olatunde, Nafisat O ^a   Olatunji, Victoria A ^a   Soladoye, Ayodele O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aqueous extracts; Green petals; Hibiscus sabdariffa; Plasma cholesterol; Red petals

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEART PROTECTION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIBISCUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PETAL; RAT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA;

EID: 24744440530     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590963934     Document Type: Article

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