Anti-obesity and antihyperlipidaemic effect of Hunteria umbellata seed extract in experimental hyperlipidaemia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-314

  Adeneye, Adejuwon Adewale ^a,b   Adeyemi, Olufunmilayo Olaide ^b   Agbaje, Esther Oluwatoyin ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anti obesity plant; Antihyperlipidaemic effect; Cardioprotective potential; Hunteria umbellata; Hyperlipidaemic models

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; HUNTERIA UMBELLATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SIMVASTATIN; TEVA SIMVASTATIN; TYLOXAPOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; OLIVE OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOBESITY ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUNTERIA UMBELLATA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLANT SEED; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIVER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; APOCYNACEAE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEEDS; SIMVASTATIN; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS;

HUNTERIA UMBELLATA; RATTUS;

EID: 77954959718     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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