Antihyperlipidemic effects of rhapontin and rhapontigenin from rheum undulatum in rats fed a high-cholesterol diet

Autor: Jeong Keun Kim, Young Hee Lim, Sung Pil Jo
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Planta medica. 80(13)
ISSN: 1439-0221
Popis: Rhapontin was purified from a methanol extract from the roots of Rheum undulatum, and rhapontigenin was produced by an enzymatic transformation of rhapontin. Rats were fed a high-cholesterol diet to induce hyperlipidemia, followed by oral treatment with rhapontin or rhapontigenin (1–5 mg/kg/day). Rhapontin and rhapontigenin treatment resulted in a significant (p
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