Cholesterol-reducer, antioxidant and liver protective effects of Thymbra spicata L. var. spicata

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 314-319

  Akkol, Esra Küpeli ^a   Avci, Gülcan ^b   Küçükkurt, Ismail ^b   Keleş, Hikmet ^b   Tamer, Uǧur ^a   Ince, Sinan ^b   Yesilada, Erdem ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Carvacrol; Hypercholesteroleamia; Lamiaceae; Steatohepatitis; Thymbra spicata var. spicata

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CARVACROL; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; ETHER; GLUTATHIONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYMBRA SPICATA EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FATTY LIVER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID DIET; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THYMBRA SPICATA;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LAMIACEAE; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MONOTERPENES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

LAMIACEAE; MUS; THYMBRA SPICATA;

EID: 70350413268     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.08.020     Document Type: Article

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