Hypocholesterolemic and antioxidant effects of aqueous extracts from the dried calyx of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. in hypercholesterolemic rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-260

  Hirunpanich, Vilasinee ^a   Utaipat, Anocha ^a   Morales, Noppawan Phumala ^a   Bunyapraphatsara, Nuntavan ^a   Sato, Hitoshi ^b   Herunsale, Angkana ^c   Suthisisang, Chuthamanee ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Hibiscus sabdariffa L.; Hypercholesterolemic rats; Low density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation; Roselle

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER SULFATE; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; EX VIVO STUDY; HIBISCUS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; HIBISCUS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

ANIMALIA; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA;

EID: 29144478796     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.08.033     Document Type: Article

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