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Isoflavones and hypercholesterolemia in rats
Author(s) -
Sharma R. D.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02533528
Subject(s) - isoflavones , biochanin a , formononetin , phaseolus , lipidology , cholesterol , clinical chemistry , chemistry , food science , daidzein , traditional medicine , genistein , biochemistry , biology , endocrinology , medicine , botany
Isoflavones isolated from three commonly used pulses such as Bengalgram ( Cicer arietinum ), greengram ( Phaseolus aureus ) and blackgram ( Phaseolus mungo ) and p‐coumaric acid were supplemented to hypercholeste rolemia‐inducing diet of rats. Among isoflavones, Biochanin A and Formononetin showed hypolipidemic activity but diadzein did not; p‐coumaric acid also produced a significant reduction in serum cholesterol levels.