Effect of quercetin on experimental hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis in rabbits

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 604-609

  Juźwiak, Stefania ^a   Wójcicki, Jerzy ^a   Mokrzycki, Krzysztof ^a   Marchlewicz, Mariola ^a   Białecka, Monika ^a   Wenda Rózewicka, Lidia ^a   Gawrońska Szklarz, Barbara ^a   Droździk, Marek ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hyperlipidemia; Quercetin; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450; FLAVONOID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; QUERCETIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFICACY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID DIET; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644810837     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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