Hypolipidemic and antioxidant activities of avocado fruit pulp on high cholesterol fed diet in rats

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1475-1483

  Al Dosari, Mohammed S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant; Avocado; Hypolipidemia; Persea americana

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FRUIT PULP; HEART PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT PRODUCT; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 80054859847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJPP11.239     Document Type: Article

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