Effects of escin mixture from the seeds of Aesculus hippocastanum on obesity in mice fed a high fat diet

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-252

  Avci, Gülcan ^a   Küçükkurt, Ismail ^a   Küpeli Akkol, Esra ^b   Yeşilada, Erdem ^c  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aesculus hippocastanum; Biochemical parameters; Escin; Hippocastanaceae; Horse chestnut; Insulin; Leptin; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ESCIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID DIET; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLANT SEED;

AESCULUS; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY FATS; ESCIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; THYROID HORMONES; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

AESCULUS; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; ANIMALIA; MUS; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 77249141512     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903085466     Document Type: Article

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