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[Effect of saponin from Tribulus terrestris on hyperlipidemia]
Shudi Chu1, Weijing Qu, Xiufeng Pang
1School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062.
Zhong Yao Cai = Zhongyaocai = Journal of Chinese Medicinal Materials
|October 11, 2003
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).