The hypocholesterolemic and antioxidative effect of dietary diosgenin and chromium chloride supplementation on high-cholesterol fed Japanese quails

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 425-432

  Al Matubsi, Hisham Y ^a   Nasrat, Nagham A ^b   Oriquat, Ghaleb A ^b   Abu Samak, Mahmoud ^c   Al Mzain, Khtan A ^b   Salim, Maher ^b  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b AL AHLIYYA AMMAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c A1 Ghad College for Health Sciences Abha   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cholesterol; Chromium chloride; Diosgenin; Lipid profile; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMIUM; DIOSGENIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTURNIX; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FENUGREEK; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PLANT SEED; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHROMIUM; COTURNIX; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIOSGENIN; ERYTHROCYTES; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPIDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEEDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIGLYCERIDES; TRIGONELLA;

COTURNIX JAPONICA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 79960217967     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2011.425.432     Document Type: Article

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