Hypolipidemic activity of a hydroalcoholic extract of Cyperus scariosus Linn. root in guinea pigs fed with a high cholesterol diet

Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 819-826

  Chawda, Hiren M ^a   Mandavia, Divyesh R ^b   Parmar, Pravin H ^c   Baxi, Seema N ^b   Tripathi, Chandrabhanu R ^b  

^a Pacific Medical University   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cyperus scariosus; Dyslipidemia; Statin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; CYPERUS SCARIOSUS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSUVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPERUS; CYPERUS SCARIOSUS; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; IC50; KIDNEY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYPERUS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84918833828     PISSN: 20956975     EISSN: 18755364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-5364(14)60123-0     Document Type: Article

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