Piper sarmentosum is comparable to glycyrrhizic acid in reducing visceral fat deposition in adrenalectomised rats given dexamethasone

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-10

  Fairus, A ^a   Ima Nirwana, S ^a   Elvy Suhana, M R ^a   Tan, M H ^b   Santhana, R ^c   Farihah, H S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adipocyte size; Adrenalectomised rat; Hyperplasia; Perirenal fat; Piper sarmentosum

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; PIPER SARMENTOSUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PIPER SARMENTOSUM; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PIPER; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874989066     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7417/CT.2013.1502     Document Type: Article

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