A review on lipid lowering activities of Ayurvedic and other herbs
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There is a great awareness regarding association between CAD (Coronary Artery Diseases) and mortality, CAD and Obesity, and CAD and Hyperlipidaemia. Thus, there is a need of knowing more about agents working on hyperlipidaemia. Apart from such agents of synthetic origin, there is an increasing search for the lipid lowering agents from natural origin. In this paper an attempt has been made to give an overview of certain commonly used Ayurvedic herbs along with some other herbs which have been studied for their lipid lowering activity.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010