INTRODUCTION Dyslipidemia is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus, significantly contributing to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Peucedanum pastinacifolium Boiss. & Hausskn. is commonly used as an antihyperlipidemic vegetable in Iranian folk medicine. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this study, we examined a hydroalcoholic extract of the aerial parts ...

Antioxidant activity of Peucedanum pastinacifolium Boiss. & Hausskn aerial part hydroalcoholic extract (HAE) and polyphenolic extract (PPE) as well as their total phenolic and flavonoid contents were studied. Phenolic and flavonoid contents were respectively estimated as gallic acid and quercetin equivalents. The in vitro antioxidant activity of two extracts of P. pastinacifolium were evaluated...

genus peucedanum belongs to the subfamily of apioideae (umbelliferae family) and is reported to have many medicinal properties. several spiecis of peucedum reported to have antispasmodic activity. p eucedanum pastinacifolium species grows in iran. however, so far there is no report on its antispasmodic activity. the objective of this research was to investigate antispasmodic activities of p. pa...

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...

Increased plasma cholesterol is known to be a major risk related to the development of coronary artery disease. The main purpose of this study was to determine possible effects of the ethanolic extract of aerial parts of Peucedanum pastinacifolium on the serum lipids in hypercholesterolemic rats. Experimental hypercholesterolemia was induced by feeding rats ???? ????????????????????????????...

Increased plasma cholesterol is known to be a major risk related to the development of coronary artery disease. The main purpose of this study was to determine possible effects of the ethanolic extract of aerial parts of Peucedanum pastinacifolium on the serum lipids in hypercholesterolemic rats. Experimental hypercholesterolemia was induced by feeding rats ???? ????????????????????????????...

antioxidant activity of peucedanum pastinacifolium boiss. & hausskn aerial part hydroalcoholic extract (hae) and polyphenolic extract (ppe) as well as their total phenolic and flavonoid contents were studied. phenolic and flavonoid contents were respectively estimated as gallic acid and quercetin equivalents. the in vitro antioxidant activity of two extracts of p. pastinacifolium were evaluated...