Asiatic acid alleviates hemodynamic and metabolic alterations via restoring eNOS/iNOS expression, oxidative stress, and inflammation in diet-induced metabolic syndrome rats

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 355-370

  Pakdeechote, Poungrat ^a   Bunbupha, Sarawoot ^a   Kukongviriyapan, Upa ^a   Prachaney, Parichat ^a   Khrisanapant, Wilaiwan ^a   Kukongviriyapan, Veerapol ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asiatic acid; Inflammation; Metabolic syndrome; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASIATIC ACID; BETA ACTIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN OXIDE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOWN REGULATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID DIET; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIET; DIET, HIGH-FAT; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMODYNAMICS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITRITES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84892566099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6010355     Document Type: Article

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