Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) improves lipid metabolism in hypercholesterolemic rats

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Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Harnafi, Hicham ^a   Aziz, Mohammed ^a   Amrani, Souliman ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Atherogenic index; Hypercholesterolemic diet; Hypocholesterolaemia; Hypotriglyceridaemia; Polyphenols; Sweet basil; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS BASIL EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LARD; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BASIL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 72049085774     PISSN: 17514991     EISSN: 17514991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclnm.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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