Comparative study on hypocholesterolemic and antioxidant activities of various extracts of fenugreek seeds

Food Chemistry

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 1448-1453

  Belguith Hadriche, Olfa ^a   Bouaziz, Mohamed ^b,c   Jamoussi, Kamel ^a   Simmonds, Monique S J ^c   El Feki, Abdelfattah ^d   Makni Ayedi, Fatma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^d Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cholesterol fed rat; Extracts from fenugreek; Fenugreek; Hypercholesterolemic; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; EXTRACTS FROM FENUGREEK; FENUGREEK; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS;

HEXANE; LIPOPROTEINS; METHANE; METHANOL; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; RATS;

CHOLESTEROL;

4 HYDROXYISOLEUCINE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; APIGENIN 7 O RUTINOSIDE; APIGENIN DERIVATIVE; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; DICHLOROMETHANE; FENUGREEK EXTRACT; GALLIC ACID; HEXANE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; KAEMPFEROL 3 GLYCOSIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LUTEOLIN; METHANOL; NARINGENIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; EXTRACT; FENUGREEK; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC ACTIVITY; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT SEED; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LIVER; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIGONELLA;

RATTUS; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 84873736876     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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