Hypolipemic and hypoglycaemic activity of bergamot polyphenols: From animal models to human studies

Fitoterapia

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-316

  Mollace, Vincenzo ^a,b,d   Sacco, Iolanda ^b   Janda, Elzbieta ^a   Malara, Claudio ^b   Ventrice, Domenica ^b   Colica, Carmen ^a   Visalli, Valeria ^b   Muscoli, Saverio ^c   Ragusa, Salvatore ^a   Muscoli, Carolina ^a   Rotiroti, Domenicantonio ^a   Romeo, Franco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Provinciale di Crotone Coordinamento attività SIN Servizio Tematico Aerea   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d Vascular Medicine and Atherosclerosis Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bergamot; CVD prevention; Dyslipidemia; Flavanones; Metabolism; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BILE ACID; CITRUS BERGAMIA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYPERGLYCEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVALONIC ACID; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; STEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CITRUS BERGAMIA; CITRUS FRUIT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTRIC PYROSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; STOMACH DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE LEVEL; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CITRUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79951673355     PISSN: 0367326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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