A mechanism-based pharmacological evaluation of efficacy of trigonella foenum graecum (fenugreek) seeds in regulation of dyslipidemia and oxidative stress in hyperlipidemic rats

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 505-512

  Chaturvedi, Upma ^a   Shrivastava, Atul ^a   Bhadauria, Smriti ^a   Saxena, Jitendra K ^a   Bhatia, Gitika ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cardiovascular diseases; Dyslipidemia; High fat diet; Trigonella foenum graecum; Triton WR 1339

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYNONENAL; BILE ACID; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; TYLOXAPOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FENUGREEK; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDATION; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE-STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SEEDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES; TRIGONELLA;

EID: 84879886718     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: 15334023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e31828b7822     Document Type: Article

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