Abstract
The preventive and therapeutic effects of saponin from Tribulus terrestris L. on diet-induced hyperlipidemia in mice have been studied. It showed that in preventive experiment the saponin could significantly low the levels of serum TC (P < 0.05), LDL-c (P < 0.01) and liver TC (P < 0.05), TG (P < 0.05), and increase the activities of superoxide-dismutase (SOD) in liver. The therapeutic experiment showed that the saponin could significantly reduce the contents of serum TC (P < 0.05) and liver TC (P < 0.01).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 341-344 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Zhong yao cai = Zhongyaocai = Journal of Chinese medicinal materials |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - May 2003 |