Hypolipidemic activity of Allium porrum L. in cholesterol-fed rabbits

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-101

  Movahedian, Ahmad ^a   Sadeghi, Hojjat ^a   Ghannadi, Alireza ^a   Gharavi, Mahin ^b   Azarpajooh, Sepideh ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allium porrum L.; Antihypercholesterolemic effect; High density lipoprotein; Leek; Low density lipoprotein; Triglycerides; Very low density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM PORRUM EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOLIPEMIA; IRAN; LEEK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; ONION; PLANT ROOT; RABBIT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALLIUM PORRUM; LILIACEAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CHOLESTEROL, VLDL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IRAN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; ONIONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RABBITS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33745510494     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2006.9.98     Document Type: Article

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