Hypocholesterolemic and antiatherosclerotic effect of Artemisia aucheri in hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-325

  Jafari Dinani, N ^a   Asgary, S ^b   Madani, H ^c   Naderi, G H ^a   Mahzoni, P ^d  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artemisia aucheri; Atherosclerosis; Hypercholesterolemia; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA AUCHERI EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA AUCHERI; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ARTEMISIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RABBITS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77953943721     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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