Aqueous extract of Gleditsia sinensis Lam. fruits improves serum and liver lipid profiles and attenuates atherosclerosis in rabbits fed a high-fat diet

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1061-1066

  Lai, Peng ^a   Du, Jun Rong ^a   Zhang, Meng Xue ^a   Kuang, Xi ^a   Li, Yong Jie ^a   Chen, Ya Shu ^a   He, Yao ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Gleditsia sinensis Lam.; Hyperlipidemia; Rabbits; Serum and tissue profiles

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CREATINE KINASE; GLEDITSIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATTENUATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FRUIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CREATINE KINASE; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FRUIT; GLEDITSIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIVER; MALE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RABBITS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

BOVINAE; GLEDITSIA SINENSIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 80054945922     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.06.023     Document Type: Article

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