Hypolipidemic and antioxidant activities of Asparagus racemosus in hypercholesteremic rats

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 376-380

  Visavadiya, N P ^a   Narasimhacharya, A V R L ^a  

^a SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Feed supplement; HMG CoA reductase; Lipid profile

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; BILE ACID; BILE SALT; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 29444446955     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.19074     Document Type: Article

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