Potential efficacy of ginger as a natural supplement for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-272

  Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^a,b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ginger; Infammation; Insulin resistance; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CYTOKINE; GINGER EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GINGER; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEATOSIS;

EID: 79955768525     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i2.271     Document Type: Letter

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