Effects of Berberise Vulgaris fruit extract on blood cholesterol and triglyceride in hyperlipidemic patients

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Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Farhadi, A ^a,c   Gavadifar, K ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IMAM HOSSEIN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Berberise Vulgaris; Cholesterol; Hyper lipidemia; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BERBERISE VULGARIS EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BERBERISE VULGARIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77449143865     PISSN: 16087046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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