Evaluation of antiobesity and cardioprotective effect of Gymnema sylvestre extract in murine model

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 607-613

  Kumar, Vinay ^a   Bhandari, Uma ^a   Tripathi, Chakra ^a   Khanna, Geetika ^b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte apoptosis; Gymnema sylvestre; insulin; leptin; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ALCOHOL; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CASPASE 3; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEPTIN; LIPID PEROXIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; HEART; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID DIET; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

CARDIOMYOCYTE APOPTOSIS; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; OBESITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; MALE; OBESITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84866238941     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.100387     Document Type: Article

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