Methanolic extract of costus igneus (N.E.Br.) alleviates dyslipidemia in diabetic rats

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 154-157

  Krishnan, Kripa ^a   Vijayalakshmi, N R ^a   Helen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Costus igneus; HDL cholesterol; HMG CoA reductase; Lipoprotein lipase; MEC; Plasma LCAT; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

COSTUS IGNEUS EXTRACT; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTUS; COSTUS IGNEUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; UPREGULATION;

EID: 80052895192     PISSN: 09742441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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