Hypolipidemic Effects of Three Purgative Decoctions

Hypolipidemic Effects of Three Purgative Decoctions

In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), purgation is indicated when a person suffers an illness due to the accumulation of evil internal heat. Obese individuals with a large belly, red face, thick and yellow tongue fur, constipation, and avoidance of heat are thought accumulates of evil internal heat, and they are also treated with purgatives such as Ta-Cheng-Chi-Tang (TCCT), Xiao-Chen-Chi-Tang ...

a study of hypolipidemic effects of metronidazole

metronidazole, a synthetic derivative of the nitroimidazole class is a known antibacterial and antiprotozoal agent. the hypolipidemic effect of metronidazole was not known. the authors noticed it incidentally for the first time. after quazi experimental studies on several cases, it was revealed that 750 mg of metronidazole for 10 days significantly decreased serum cholesterol. this trial was pe...

Dietary taurine supplementation: hypolipidemic and antiatherogenic effects

Taurine supplementation may prove to be a safe and convenient method to reverse high blood holesterol and the associated rise in atherosclerosis. Although human studies are limited, experiments sing animal models provide extensive proof of the hypolipidemic and antiatherogenic effects of aurine. Examples of these animal models involve feeding with high-fat diets, genetically determined r herita...

Marked hypokalaemic rhabdomyolysis due to purgative abuse.

Hypolipidemic and antihyperlipidemic effects of Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) fruit extracts.

Bottle gourd [(Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Stand.] fruit is ascribed with many therapeutic effects. The present study was undertaken to explore the antihyperlipidemic effect of four different extracts viz. petroleum ether, chloroform, alcoholic and aqueous extracts from bottle gourd in Triton-induced hyperlipidemic rats and their hypolipidemic effects in normocholesteremic rats. The study is com...