Evaluation of the hypocholesterolemic effect and phytochemical screening of the hydroethanolic extract of Crataegus aronia from Jordan

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-38

  Al Hallaq, Entisar K ^a   Afifi, Fatma U ^a   Abdalla, Shtaywy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antihypercholesterolemic agents; Atorvastatin; Crataegus aronia; Low density lipoproteins; Total cholesterol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; CRATAEGUS ARONIA EXTRACT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; HYPERIN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS ARONIA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FLOWER; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC EFFECT; JORDAN; LD 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; MOUSE; WISTAR RAT;

ARONIA; CRATAEGUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CRATAEGUS; FEMALE; JORDAN; LIPIDS; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84860624285     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1200700113     Document Type: Article

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