A new TCM formula FTZ lowers serum cholesterol by regulating HMG-CoA reductase and CYP7A1 in hyperlipidemic rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-307

  Guo, Jiao ^a   Bei, Weijian ^a   Hu, Yinming ^a   Tang, Chunping ^a   He, Wei ^a   Liu, Xiaobo ^a   Huang, Lihua ^a   Cao, Yang ^a   Hu, Xuguang ^a   Zhong, Xunlong ^a   Cao, Le ^a  

^a GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cholesterol 7 hydroxylase; Fufang Zhenzhu Tiao Zhi; HMG CoA reductase; Hyperlipidemia; Modulating Liver to Treat Hyperlipemia

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; FUFANG ZHENZHU TIAO ZHI; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA PRIMERS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 79955703655     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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