Introduction The scientific community and consumers are increasingly interested in the potential cholesterol-lowering effect of various nutraceuticals their combinations. aim our study was to test short-term a new lipid-lowering nutraceutical formulation mildly hypercholesterolemic patients. Material methods We consecutively enrolled 80 patients with low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) ...

Guggulsterone 1, the active principle of guggulipid, has been used in ethnic medicine for thousands of years for its antinflammatory and antilipidemic activities. The activities of 1 are apparently mediated by its interaction with an array of nuclear receptors, including endocrine steroid receptors and metabolic lipid receptors. Although relatively weak, the activity at the metabolic farnesoid ...

Nutraceuticals are food components or active ingredients present in foods and used in therapy. This article analyzes the characteristics of the molecules with a lipid-lowering effect. The different nutraceuticals may have different mechanisms of action: inhibition of cholesterol synthesis primarily through action on the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase (policosanol, polyphenols, garlic and, above all, ...

Somatic embryogenesis in ca ll us cu ltures of COllllllipilora wigilt ii (Arnotl.) Bhandari was achieved. Though the frequency of ex plants prod ucing embryonic culture was low, immature zygotic embryos were the on ly suitable explants to produce embryonic callus after reciprocal transfers on med ia containing 2,4,5-t richlorophenoxy aceti c acid (0. 1 mg 1-1) and ki netin (O. lmg 1"1 ) or devo...