Antihyperlipidaemic effect of Gymnema montanum: A study on lipid profile and fatty acid composition in experimental diabetes

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 538-545

  Ramkumar, Kunga Mohan ^a   Vijayakumar, Ramasamy Subramaniam ^b   Ponmanickam, Ponnirul ^a   Velayuthaprabhu, Shanmugan ^a   Archunan, Govindaraju ^a   Rajaguru, Palanisamy ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GYMNEMA MONTANUM EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; GYMNEMA; GYMNEMA MONTANUM; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FATTY ACIDS; GYMNEMA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; INSULIN; KIDNEY; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; GYMNEMA MONTANUM; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 56049085374     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2008.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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