Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce (Leguminosae) (syn. Prosopis spicigera L.) has antidiabetic and antioxidant potential. Earlier we reported its hypolipidemic activity obtained from ethanol extract (ET-PCF). Object of this work was to isolate ferulic acid (FA) from ET-PCF and evaluate hypolipidemic activity against high-fat diet (HFD)-induced hyperlipidemic laboratory rats. ET-PCF was subjected to ...

Hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects of Aerva lanata (Linn.) on alloxan induced diabetic ratsRamalingam Vidhya , Rajangam Udayakumar

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the relation between patient adherence and therapeutic effectiveness of hypolipidemic agents in clinical practice. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of 417 patients using hypolipidemic drugs (simvastatin, atorvastatin) between 2003 and 2010 was performed. The population studied consists of patients assisted by the Public Health Service in the far-west region of the St...

Beer is a popular beverage all over the world. It has been established many times that the moderate consumption of beer exerts favourable influences on human’s health such as nutritional benefits, anti-mutagenic and anti-carcinogenic effects, reduction of cardiovascular diseases, hypolipidemic effect, stimulation of immune system, anti-osteoporosis effect and the reduction of the risk of dement...