Open AccessAntihyperlipidemic effect of Trichilia connaroides in hypercholesterolemic rats and its possible mechanism
Author(s) -
Prasanna Gurunath Subbarao,
Purnima Ashok
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.80777
Subject(s) - triglyceride , fenofibrate , cholesterol , very low density lipoprotein , chemistry , low density lipoprotein , analysis of variance , pharmacology , medicine , endocrinology , lipoprotein , biochemistry
The primary objective of this study was to investigate the antihyperlipidemic effect of the chloroform (CETC) and methanol (METC) extracts of leaves of Trichilia connaroides in hypercholesterolemic rats and, subsequently, to evaluate the possible mechanism of its antihyperlipidemic effect.