A Review on Promising Natural Agents Effective on Hyperlipidemia

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 228-238

  Bahmani, Mahmoud ^a   Mirhoseini, Mahmoud ^b   Shirzad, Hedayatollah ^b   Sedighi, Mehrnoosh ^b   Shahinfard, Nejmeh ^b   Rafieian Kopaei, Mahmoud ^b  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

hyperlipidemia; lipid; medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84930588481     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587214568457     Document Type: Review

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