Liver fatty acid metabolism of male rats fed on a vitamin A-deficient diet for 3 months from 21 d of age was evaluated. Vitamin A restriction produced subclinical plasma and negligible liver retinol concentrations, compared with the control group receiving the same diet with 4000 IU vitamin A (8 mg retinol as retinyl palmitate)/kg diet. Vitamin A deficiency induced a hypolipidaemic effect by de...

Crataegus oxycantha popularly known as Hawthorn is widely distributed in northern hemisphere especially in Asia, Europe and parts of America. Howthorn consist of more than 200 species and several parts of the plant is traditionally used in the china and Europe. In India it is widely distributed in the temperate Himalayan regions and the different parts of plant is used for multiple health effec...

use of medicinal plants for attenuation of hyperglycemia and restoration of lipids disorder to normal level is clinically very important. the aim of present study was to evaluate the effects of berberis integerrima bge. fruit aqueous extract (bifae) on blood glucose and lipid profile in streptozotocin (stz) - induced diabetic rats. the stz-induced diabetic rat were treated by fruit aqueous extr...

The hypoglycaemic effect of aqueous leaf extract of Murraya koenigii was studied in normal and alloxan-induced diabetic rats. The extract was administered orally at 100 mg/Kg, 150 mg/Kg and 200 mg/Kg bodyweight each to respective groups of animals (Groups I, II and III) for seven days. Group IV received normal saline and served as control for the normal rats. For the alloxan-induced diabetic ra...