Reinioside C, a triterpene saponin of Polygala aureocauda Dunn, exerts hypolipidemic effect on hyperlipidemic mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-164

  Li, Hao ^a   Wang, Qiu Juan ^a   Zhu, Dan Ni ^a   Yang, Yong ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ca2+; Hyperlipidemia; OxLDL; Polygala aureocauda Dunn; Reinioside C

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID; LIVER EXTRACT; MALONALDEHYDE; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; REINIOSIDE C; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SIMVASTATIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYGALA AUREOCAUDA; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL VEIN;

MUS; POLYGALA;

EID: 40549127848     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2262     Document Type: Article

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