In Vivo Biochemical and Gene Expression Analyses of the Antioxidant Activities and Hypocholesterolaemic Properties of Tamarindus indica Fruit Pulp Extract

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Lim, Chor Yin ^a   Mat Junit, Sarni ^a   Abdulla, Mahmood Ameen ^a   Abdul Aziz, Azlina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCG5 PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANT; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; CHOLESTEROL; FLAVONOID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROSOMAL TRIGLYCERIDE TRANSFER PROTEIN; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TAMARINDUS INDICA EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT; FRUIT PULP; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TAMARIND; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84880761196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070058     Document Type: Article

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