Obesity is one of the most important public health issues touching every region world. Currently, India facing double burden undernutrition likewise as overnutrition. There are >135 million those that obese in India. Hyperlipoidaemia related to risk factors like arteriosclerosis, hypertension, type-II DM, obesity, MI, congestive cardiac failure, angina pectoris, gall bladder diseases, degene...

Article history: Received on: 21/03/2017 Accepted on: 25/05/2017 Available online: 30/08/2017 The present investigation is aimed to elucidate the hypoglycaemic and hypolipidemic effect of the aqueous and methanol extract of Euphorbia thymifolia (ET) aerial parts in streptozotocin-nicotinamide (STZ-NA) induced diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced by administration of STZ (65 mg/kg, i.p.) followed...

Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) have had a life-long sustained elevation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels. Consequently, there is a need to maximally lower their elevated levels, and this usually requires lowering LDL levels more than 50%. Because no single hypolipidemic drug will consistently produce such degrees of lowering, combination drug therapy with tw...

Correspondence: Shailendra Kapoor 2300 E Cary St Richmond, VA 23223, USA Tel +1 804 2342345 Fax +1 804 3454561 Email [email protected] To the editor I read with great interest the article by Andukuri et al in a recent issue of your journal. The article makes compelling reading. Interestingly, research over the past few years has shown that in addition to its significant diabetic-modula...

The effect of Shilajit on blood chemistry was studied in normal human volunteers. Administration of two gms of Shilajit for 45 days did not produced any significant change in physical parameters i.e. blood pressure, pulse rate and body weight and similarly no charge was observed in hematological parameters. A signification reduction in Serum Triglycerides, Serum cholesterol with simultaneous im...

Diabetes Mellitus is characterized by elevated plasma glucose concentrations resulting from insufficient insulin. The present study was aimed to investigate the hypolipidemic effect of Coccinia indica aqueous leaf extract in alloxan induced diabetic rats. The results of this study revealed that a continuous administration of Coccinia indica extract for 21 days prevents the elevation of the leve...