Chronic administration of Abana, an Indian herbomineral preparation, showed a significant hypolipidaemic activity in rats. Serum β lipoprotein lipid components and apoprotein levels were significantly lowered, low-density lipoprotein being more affected than very low-density lipoprotein. However, serum high-density lipoprotein lipids and apoproteins were slightly increased. The reduction in the...

The antioxidant effect of aqueous extract of the bark of FB has been evaluated in hypercholesterolaemic rabbits. The water extracts of the bark of Ficus benghalensis at a dose of 50 mg/kg body weight per day in addition to cholesterol suspended in oil. There results show that the water extract of the bark of Ficus benghalensis has significant antioxidant effect, in addition to hypolipidaemic ef...

INTRODUCTION Charts for the estimation of cardiovascular risk contribute greatly to clinical decision making in the management of asymptomatic individuals. However, most decisions are taken without consulting the charts. The aim of our study was to record the degree of overestimation or underestimation of cardiovascular risk in everyday clinical practice. METHODS Seven cases of asymptomatic i...

The present investigation explores the possibilities of using the root and leaf extracts of an important plant Withania somnifera targeting DM and to examine their hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effects on Streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Withania somnifera root extracts (WSREt) and leaf extracts (WSLEt) were orally administered daily to diabetic rats for eight weeks. After the treatment...

A wide range of abnormalities of lipid metabolism have been recently described in HIV-infected patients receiving a protease inhibitor (PI)-based highly active antiretroviral therapy, including hypertriglyceridaemia and hypercholesterolaemia. The increase of plasma lipid concentrations may involve up to 70-80% of HIV-positive subjects treated with a PI-containing regimen and are frequently (but...

Withania somnifera is an important medicinal plant, which is used in traditional medicine to cure many diseases. Flavonoids were determined in the extracts of W. somnifera root (WSREt) and leaf (WSLEt). The amounts of total flavonoids found in WSREt and WSLEt were 530 and 520 mg/100 g dry weight (DW), respectively. Hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic effects of WSREt and WSLEt were also investigat...