Ethanolic extract of Artemisia aucheri induces regression of aorta wall fatty streaks in hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Pharmazie

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 394-397

  Asgary, S ^a,c   Jafari Dinani, N ^a   Madani, H ^b   Mahzouni, P ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARTEMISIA AUCHERI EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; REMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTEMISIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; ETHANOL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; SOLVENTS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 44349097391     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2008.7742     Document Type: Article

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