Results of a randomized, open-label, clinical trial investigating the effects of supplementation with Heracleum persicum extract as an adjunctive therapy for dyslipidemia

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Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 592-601

  Panahi, Yunes ^a   Pishgoo, Bahram ^a   Beiraghdar, Fatemeh ^a   Araghi, Zahra Mohammadi ^b   Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^a,c,d   Abolhasani, Ehsan ^e  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; Cholesterol; Dyslipidemia; Heracleum persicum; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; HERACLEUM PERSICUM EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LIPICOM; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERACLEUM PERSICUM; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HERACLEUM; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PYRROLES;

HERACLEUM PERSICUM;

EID: 79955165902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2011.43     Document Type: Article

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