Hypolipidemic effect of methanol fraction of Aconitum heterophyllum wall ex Royle and the mechanism of action in diet-induced obese rats

Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 224-228

  Subash, Arun Koorappally ^a   Augustine, Anu ^a  

^a KANNUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apolipoproteins; diet induced obesity; HMG CoA reductase; lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM EXTRACT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEVINOLIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACONITE; ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM; ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FAT CONTENT; FECES ANALYSIS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84881119846     PISSN: 22314040     EISSN: 09762094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2231-4040.104713     Document Type: Article

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