Open AccessComparation of hypolipidemic and antioxidant effects of aqueous and ethanol extracts of Crataegus pinnatifida fruit in high-fat emulsion-induced hyperlipidemia rats
Author(s) -
Feng Shao,
Li-Fei Gu,
Huijuan Chen,
Ronghua Liu,
Huilian Huang,
Gang Ren
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1296.176049
Subject(s) - chemistry , hyperlipidemia , antioxidant , phenols , ethanol , food science , chromatography , biochemistry , biology , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
Hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida) is a Chinese medicinal plant traditionally used in the treatment of hyperlipidemia. Recently, studies indicated free radical scavenging was one of the major pathways to alleviate hyperlipidemia. Moreover, hawthorn fruit is a rich source of phenols, which quench free radical and attenuate hyperlipidemia. However, the phenols vary with processing methods, especially solvent type.