Effect of Ligaria cuneifolia catechin- and quercetin-enriched fractions on hemorheology and plasma cholesterol

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-225

  Dominighini, Alicia ^a   Ferrero, Mariana ^a   Crosetti, Diego ^a   Alvarez, María De Luján ^b   Ronco, María Teresa ^b   Gonzálvez, José ^a   Wagner, Marcelo ^c   Gurni, Alberto ^c   Carnovale, Cristina ^b   Luquita, Alejandra ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Inst de Fisiología Exp   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

catechin; erythrocyte deformability; Ligaria cuneifolia; plasmatic and biliary excretion of cholesterol; quercetin; whole blood viscosity

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; CHOLESTEROL; QUERCETIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGARIA CUNEIFOLIA; LORANTHACEAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TARGET CELL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ERYTHROCYTE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CATECHIN; CELL SHAPE; CHOLESTEROL; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMORHEOLOGY; LORANTHACEAE; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77954123886     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2010-1265     Document Type: Article

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