Improvement of lipid and antioxidant status in hyperlipidaemic rats treated with steroidal saponins of Solanium nigrum and Solanum xanthocarpum

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-14

  Gupta, Amartya K ^a   Ganguly, Partha ^a   Majumder, Upal K ^a   Ghosal, Shibnath ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Indian Herbs Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Antihyperlipidaemic; Antioxidant; Solanum nigrum; Solanum xanthocarpum; Steroidal saponins

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; PHENAZINE METHOSULFATE; PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SOLANUM NIGRUM EXTRACT; SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASSAY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLANUM; SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 65449169589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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