Preventive effect of traditional herbal formulae against experimental hypercholesterolemia in rats with special reference to blood lipoprotein cholesterol levels

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 94, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 275-278

  Cheng, Bing Jun ^a   Moritomo, Ai ^b   Yamasaki, Yukiko ^b   Wu, Li Xia ^b   Inagaki, Michiko ^b   Nishimura, Mamiko ^b   Tanishima, Kiyoh ^b   Poracova, Janka ^c  

^a HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Choleretic function; Hypercholesterolemic rats; Low density lipoprotein; Telomerase activity; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIS EXTRACT; BILE ACID; BUPLEURUM ROOT; CHOLERETIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CHRYSANTHEMUM EXTRACT; CITRUS FRUIT EXTRACT; CNIDIUM RHIZOME; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; DESMODIUM STYRACIFOLIUM EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MOMORDICA GROSVENORII EXTRACT; PAEONIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM EXTRACT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; TELOMERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZHONG YAO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BUPLEURUM; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CNIDIUM; CNIDIUM OFFICINALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATAEGUS; DESMODIUM STYRACIFOLIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOMORDICA; NONHUMAN; PAEONIA; POLYGONUM; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RAT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SOUR ORANGE; STANDARD; TEA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 4344626154     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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