The plant Amaranths viridis Linn, an annual herb from the Amaranthaceae family, is used in traditional medicine to cure a range of ailments and determine various criteria for pharmacognostical standards. A. vilidis L. leaf extract contains number biologically active substances, including saponins, tannins phenols, flavonoids, alkaloids, cardiac glycosides, steroids, triterpenoids. amino acids l...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ethanolic extract of the whole plant of Phyllanthus rheedii wight P.rheedii as antihyperglycemic, antihyperlipidemic and antioxidant effect in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats. Male Wistar rats were administered P.rheedii (250 mg/kg) orally for 21 days and blood glucose level was measured weekly. At the end of 21 days, the serum ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this retrospective records review was to evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and Framingham cardiovascular risk scores in adult inpatients taking antipsychotics. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Hospital records of 62 patients (27 women and 35 men) taking antipsychotics were retrospectively reviewed for: body height and weight, waist circumference, cigarette s...

BACKGROUND Statin therapy in nonsurgical patient populations is associated with a significant reduction in adverse cardiovascular events, including death, myocardial infarction (MI), and stroke. Recently, statin therapy was shown to be associated with a reduced incidence of postoperative mortality in patients undergoing major noncardiac vascular surgery. We investigated the influence of preoper...

Background: The present study was designed to examine the ant hyperglycemic and antihyperlipidemic effect of Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) on fluoride induced oxidative changes in the metabolisms of rats. Methods: The control group received the vehicles only. EGCG alone treated group received the EGCG orally at a dose of 40mg/kg in 10% tween 80 for 4 weeks. The Fl treated group received NaF (...

I read with interest the article entitled ‘‘Antihyperlipidemic effect of Peucedanum pastinacifolium extract in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats’’ by Ahmad Movahedian et al. (2010). This interesting article highlights the antihypolipidemic effect of P. pastinacifolium (Pp) extract on diabetic rats. A detailed description of the active compound of the plant extract studied may have been benef...

Historically, hop cones (Humulus lupulus) have been used since ancient times as a remedy for many ailments and, as a source of polyphenols and bitter acids, is very effective in the treatment of metabolic syndrome (MS). Hop flavonoids, particularly xanthohumol (XN), are substances with hypoglycemic, antihyperlipidemic, and antiobesity activities. Iso-α-acids (IAA) and matured hop bitter acids (...

2-Mercaptobenzothiazoles are an important class of bioactive and industrially important organic compounds. These compounds are reported for their antimicrobial and antifungal activities, and are subsequently highlighted as a potent mechanism-based inhibitor of several enzymes like acyl coenzyme A cholesterol acyltransferase, monoamine oxidase, heat shock protein 90, cathepsin D, and c-Jun N-ter...