Mitigating role of lupeol and lupeol linoleate on hepatic lipemic-oxidative injury and lipoprotein peroxidation in experimental hypercholesterolemia

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 189-198

  Sudhahar, V ^a   Kumar, S Ashok ^a   Varalakshmi, P ^a   Sundarapandiyan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; High cholesterol diet; LDL oxidation; Triterpenes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLIC ACID; COPPER; CRATAEVA NURVALA EXTRACT; FERROUS GLUCONATE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPOPROTEIN; LUPEOL; LUPEOL LINOLEATE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATAEVA NURVALA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COPPER; ENZYMES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IRON; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEINS; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRITERPENES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33846485053     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-006-9288-2     Document Type: Article

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