Antiobesity effect of Tamarindus indica L. pulp aqueous extract in high-fat diet-induced obese rats

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-342

  Azman, Khairunnuur Fairuz ^a   Amom, Zulkhairi ^a   Azlan, Azrina ^a   Esa, Norhaizan Mohd ^a   Ali, Rasadah Mat ^b   Shah, Zamree Md ^b   Kadir, Khairul Kamilah Abdul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Hypolipidemic; Lipid peroxidation; Tamarind; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; TAMARIND EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOBESITY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; FOOD INTAKE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TAMARIND; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EATING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET, HIGH-FAT; EATING; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAMARINDUS;

EID: 84863534796     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-011-0597-8     Document Type: Article

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