Antiatherogenic activity of extracts of Argania spinosa L. pericarp: Beneficial effects on lipid peroxidation and cholesterol homeostasis

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 918-927

  Berrougui, Hicham ^a,b   Cherki, Mounia ^a   Koumbadinga, Geremy Abdull ^a   Isabelle, Maxim ^a   Douville, Jasmin ^a   Spino, Claude ^a   Khalil, Abdelouahed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b SULTAN MOULAY SLIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cholesterol efflux; HDL; LDL; Lipid peroxidation; Methanolic extract of argania pericarp (MEAP)

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ALKADIENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; ARGANIA SPINOSA EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARGANIA SPINOSA; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL VIABILITY; CHELATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INHIBITION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MACROPHAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERICARP; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHELATING AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; METHANOL; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SAPOTACEAE; SOLVENTS;

EID: 36549001618     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y07-081     Document Type: Article

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