Hypolipidemic effect of n-butanol extract from asparagus officinalis L. in mice fed a high-fat diet

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1119-1124

  Zhu, Xinglei ^a   Zhang, Wen ^a   Pang, Xiufeng ^a   Wang, Jiesi ^a   Zhao, Jingjing ^a   Qu, Weijing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asparagus officinalis L.; hypercholesterolemic; hyperlipidemia; hypolipidemic

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; FAT DROPLET; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SIMVASTATIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPOLIPEMIA; LIPID DIET; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

1-BUTANOL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARAGUS PLANT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET, HIGH-FAT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS; MUS;

EID: 79958122431     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3380     Document Type: Article

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