Effect of aqueous extract of Ajuga iva supplementation on plasma lipid profile and tissue antioxidant status in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-213

  Chenni, A ^a   Yahia, D Ait ^a   Boukortt, F O ^a   Prost, J ^b   Lacaille Dubois, M A ^c   Bouchenak, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UPRES EA 3660   (France)

Author keywords

Ajuga iva; Antioxidant status; Cholesterol; Hypercholesterolemic rats; Hypolipidemic effect; Lamiaceae; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

AJUGA IVA EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AJUGA; AJUGA IVA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART; HIGHER PLANT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; KIDNEY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AJUGA; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; ENZYMES; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

AJUGA IVA; LAMIACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 33845771644     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.05.036     Document Type: Article

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