Lipid-lowering and antioxidative activities of aqueous extracts of Ocimum sanctum L. leaves in rats fed with a high-cholesterol diet

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Suanarunsawat, Thamolwan ^a   Devakul Na Ayutthaya, Watcharaporn ^a   Songsak, Thanapat ^a   Thirawarapan, Suwan ^b   Poungshompoo, Somlak ^c  

^a RANGSIT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI OXIDATIVE ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; BILE ACID; CARDIAC TISSUES; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LEAF EXTRACTS; LIPID CONTENT; LIPID-LOWERING EFFECTS; MYOCARDIAL TISSUE; OCIMUM SANCTUM; SERUM LEVELS; SERUM LIPID;

BODY FLUIDS; CHOLESTEROL; HISTOLOGY; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RATS; TISSUE;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; CATALASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT; WATER;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART MUSCLE; LIVER; METABOLISM; OCIMUM; PATHOLOGY; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; WISTAR RAT;

OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AORTA, THORACIC; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; OCIMUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; WATER;

EID: 81555207187     PISSN: 19420900     EISSN: 19420994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/962025     Document Type: Article

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