Antihyperlipidemic activity of Cassia auriculata flowers in triton WR 1339 induced hyperlipidemic rats

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 135-141

  Vijayaraj, Panneerselvam ^a   Muthukumar, Kannan ^a   Sabarirajan, Jayaraja ^a   Nachiappan, Vasanthi ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Atherosclerosis; Cassia auriculata; Hyperlipidemia; Lipid peroxidation; Triglycerides; Triton WR1339

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SENNA AURICULATA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TYLOXAPOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENNA AURICULATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASSIA; CHOLESTEROL; FLOWERS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGLYCERIDES;

CASSIA AURICULATA; RATTUS;

EID: 84870249019     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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