Turmeric and laurel aqueous extracts exhibit in vitro anti-atherosclerotic activity and in vivo hypolipidemic effects in a zebrafish model

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-256

  Jin, Seori ^a   Hong, Joo Heon ^b   Jung, Seung Hyeon ^c   Cho, Kyung Hyun ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^c Ottogi Research Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; cholesteryl ester transfer protein; laurel; turmeric; zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LAUREL EXTRACT; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TURMERIC; TURMERIC EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LAURUS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CURCUMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRUCTOSE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LAURUS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHAGES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; ZEBRAFISH;

CURCUMA LONGA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 79951974729     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.1389     Document Type: Article

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