Lipid lowering effect of S-methyl cysteine sulfoxide from Allium cepa Linn in high cholesterol diet fed rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-371

  Kumari, Kumud ^a   Augusti, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Anti hyperlipidemic; Antidiabetic; Gugulipid; Hyperlipidemia; Sulfoxide amino acids

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GUGGULSTERONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); PHOSPHOLIPID; S METHYLCYSTEINE SULFOXIDE; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONION; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; COMMIPHORA; CYSTEINE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FECES; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; KIDNEY; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; LIVER; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NADP; ONIONS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT GUMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEROLS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ALLIUM CEPA; ANIMALIA; LILIACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 33845978046     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.07.045     Document Type: Article

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