Weight losing, antihyperlipidemic and cardioprotective effects of the alkaloid fraction of Hunteria umbellata seed extract on normal and triton-induced hyperlipidemic rats

Objective: To investigate the weight losing, antihyperlipidemic and cardioprotective effects of the alkaloid fraction of Hunteria umbellata (H. umbellata) seed. Methods: Adult female Wistar rats (weight range: 120-150 g) were randomly divided into 4 and 5 treatment groups in the normal and triton-in...

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Main Authors: Adejuwon Adewale Adeneye, Peter Anthony Crooks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-05-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115303749