Antihyperlipidemic Effect of Methanolic Extract from Opuntia joconostle Seeds in Mice Fed a Hypercholesterolemic Diet

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 365-370

  Osorio Esquivel, Obed ^a   Ortiz Moreno, Alicia ^a   Garduño Siciliano, Leticia ^a   Álvarez, Valente B ^b   Hernández Navarro, María Dolores ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Hypercholesterolemia; Hypolipidemic activity; Opuntia joconostle seeds; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OPUNTIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAVONOIDS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; METHANOL; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OPUNTIA; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84871456581     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-012-0320-2     Document Type: Article

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