Weight losing, antihyperlipidemic and cardioprotective effects of the alkaloid fraction of Hunteria umbellata seed extract on normal and triton-induced hyperlipidemic rats

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
• Main Authors: Adejuwon Adewale Adeneye, Peter Anthony Crooks
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015
• Subjects: Hunteria umbellata seeds; Alkaloid fraction; Antihyperlipidemic and cardioprotective effects; Triton WR 1339-induced hyperlipidemia; Rats; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic; Triton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2221-1691(15)30374-9; https://doaj.org/article/909fbe7c771147b6a6b90d7aaff50035

Objective: To investigate the weight losing, antihyperlipidemic and cardioprotective effects of the alkaloid fraction of Hunteria umbellata (H. umbellata) seed. Methods: Adult female Wistar rats (weight range: 120-150 g) were randomly divided into 4 and 5 treatment groups in the normal and triton-in...