Efficacy of Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) extracts on blood lipid profile in streptozotocin diabetic rats. Is it beneficial to the heart?

Biomedical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-96

  Nagaraja Puranik, K ^a   Kammar, K F ^a   Devi, Sheela R ^b  

^a Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences ^*  (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hyperlipidemia; Metabolic derangements; Streptozotocin; Tinospora cordifolia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN ZINC SUSPENSION; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; STREPTOZOCIN; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 50949166643     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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