Beneficial effect of Ficus religiosa Linn. on high-fat-diet-induced hypercholesterolemia in rats

Food Chemistry

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 162-170

  Hamed, Manal A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ficus religiosa; Histopathology; Hypolipidaemic; Moraceae

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FICUS RELIGIOSA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOLIPIDAEMIC; MORACEAE;

ALDEHYDES; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHOLESTEROL; ETHANOL; FREE RADICALS; HEXANE; OXYGEN; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

RATS;

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; FENOFIBRATE; FICUS RELIGIOSA EXTRACT; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; HEXANE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID DIET; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

FICUS RELIGIOSA; MORACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 79958158118     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.04.066     Document Type: Article

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