Hypocholesteremic and antioxidant effects of Withania somnifera (Dunal) in hypercholesteremic rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 136-142

  Visavadiya, Nishant P ^a   Narasimhacharya, A V R L ^a  

^a SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant activity; Cholesterol metabolism; Coronary heart disease; Hypercholesteremia; Lipid profiles; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BILE ACID; FLAVONOID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LIPID; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYPHENOL; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WITHANIA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; SOLANACEAE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 33846354984     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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