Hypolipidaemic activity of aqueous Ocimum basilicum extract in acute hyperlipidaemia induced by triton WR-1339 in rats and its antioxidant property

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1040-1045

  Amrani, Souliman ^a   Harnafi, Hicham ^a   Bouanani, Nour El Houda ^a   Aziz, Mohammed ^a   Caid, Hana Serghini ^a   Manfredini, Stefano ^b   Besco, Elena ^b   Napolitano, Mariarosaria ^c   Bravo, Elena ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Aqueous extract; Cholesterol; Hypolipidaemic activity; Ocimum basilicum; Rats; Triton WR 1339

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FENOFIBRATE; FENOGAL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TYLOXAPOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BASIL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FEMALE; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROCETOFEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 33845631926     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1961     Document Type: Article

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