Antilipemic and hypocholesteremic activities of Globimetula braunii in rats

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 657-661

  Erukainure, Ochuko L ^a   Abovwe, Joseph A ^b   Adefegha, Adeniyi S ^c   Egwuche, Rabiat U ^d   Fafunso, Michael A ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^d IBB UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cholestyramine; CVD; Hypercholesteremia; LDL; Lipid peroxidation

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; COLESTYRAMINE; GLOBIMETULA BRAUNII EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTILIPEMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC INDEX; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK INDEX; DRUG ACTIVITY; GLOBIMETULA BRAUNII; HEART PROTECTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEREMIC ACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LORANTHACEAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPIDS; LIVER; LORANTHACEAE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

GLOBIMETULA; RATTUS;

EID: 80053276910     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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