Antihyperlipidemic effect of the methanolic extract from Lagenaria siceraria Stand. fruit in hyperlipidemic rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 333-337

  Ghule, B V ^a   Ghante, M H ^a   Saoji, A N ^a   Yeole, P G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antihyperlipidemic activity; Cucurbitaceae; High fat diet induced hyperlipidemia; Lagenaria siceraria

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LAGENARIA SICERARIA EXTRACT; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FRUIT; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INDIA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; LIPID DIET; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; CUCURBITACEAE; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FECES; FRUIT; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYRROLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

CUCURBITACEAE; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; RATTUS;

EID: 67449141654     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.04.040     Document Type: Article

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