Effect of hydroalcoholic extracts of Nasturtium officinale leaves on lipid profile in high-fat diet rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-121

  Bahramikia, Seifollah ^a   Yazdanparast, Razieh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Cardiovascular diseases; High fat diet; Hypercholesterolaemia; Hypolipidaemic; Nasturtium officinale

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID DIET; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; WATERCRESS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIETARY FATS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IRAN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NASTURTIUM; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

BRASSICACEAE; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; RATTUS;

EID: 36448963412     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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