background & aim: policosanol is a component from main alcohol groups with long-chain that extracted from cane sugar. in the present research, the effect of policosanol was investigated on decrease of lipid metabolite levels in blood of hypercholesterolemia rats. experimental: a number of 32 male wistar rats race with average weight of 250 g was divided into four groups including negative ...

introduction: the aim was to assess the effects on lifestyle and lipid profile while fasting during holy month of ramadan. material and methods: an interventional cohort study designed with 160 subjects who were fasting during ramadan recruited from different mosques in kermanshah. data were collected in three stages at the beginning and at the end of ramadan as well as one month following rama...

Introduction: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in serum is the basis of diagnosis, classification and management hypercholesterolemia as per current recommendations Adult Treatment Panel III National Cholesterol Education Program. Friedewalds formula used most laboratories to measure LDL-C indirectly. But, not reliable always. Now-a-days, various homogenous assay kits for dire...

Introduction: Lipid profile is routinely used as a screening test to identify the risk of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD). Elevated Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c) an important modifiable factor atherosclerotic CVD. The LDL-c lowering strategy known recommendation for prevention and treatment gold standard method estimation β-quantification by ultra centrifugation. Other methods inclu...

introduction: sugar cane is a giant plant of grain products. regarding the benefits of the use of medications with herbal origin, in the present study the impact of sugar cane extract on atherosclerosis and ldl-c and hdl-c in the serum of hypercholesterolemic rabbits was studied. materials and methods: 24 adult male new zealand rabbits race with an average weight of 2 kg were classified into fo...