Trillin, a steroidal saponin isolated from the rhizomes of Dioscorea nipponica, exerts protective effects against hyperlipidemia and oxidative stress

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 214-220

  Wang, Tiejie ^a,d   Choi, Roy C Y ^d   Li, Jun ^a   Bi, Cathy W C ^d   Ran, Wei ^c   Chen, Xiaohui ^b   Dong, Tina T X ^d   Bi, Kaishun ^b   Tsim, Karl W K ^d  

^a Shenzhen Municipal Institute for Drug Control   (China)

^b SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SFDA   (China)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anti oxidative; Cardiovascular; Dioscorea nipponica Makino; Hyperlipidemic; Trillin

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIOSCOREA NIPPONICA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID DIET; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; RHIZOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; YAM;

1-BUTANOL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIOSCOREA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPIDS; LOVASTATIN; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOME; SAPONINS; SOLVENTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

DIOSCOREA NIPPONICA; RATTUS;

EID: 83555172497     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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