Antihyperlipidemic Activity of Several Traditional Herbal Medicines on Experimental Hyperlipidemia in Rats

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  • 노환성 (울산대학교 의과대학) ;
  • 고우경 (아산생명과학 연구소 민간요법실) ;
  • 김운자 (아산생명과학 연구소 민간요법실) ;
  • 박건구 (아산생명과학 연구소 민간요법실) ;
  • 조영환 (아산재단 서울중앙병원 약제부) ;
  • 박형섭 (울산대학교 약학대학)
  • Published : 1995.12.20

Abstract

Three herbal medicine recipes were tried on the animal model of diet induced hypercholesterolemia to screen for the lipid-lowering effect. The recipes adopted were based on the prescription for atherosclerosis-related symptoms by folk-medicine practioners. Hyperlipidemia was induced in rats by giving the high lipid/cholesterol diet for 7 days. Then, the recipes started with the normal diet. Blood was sampled at 1,2,3 and 5 week-points of the treatment, and levels of total cholesterol, triglyceride, high density lipoprotein and lower density lipoprotein were measured. Dae-shiho-tang decreased total cholesterol level significantly. Hwangryun-haedok-tang and Samhwang-sasim-tang slightly decreased total cholesterol level, although it was not statistically significant.

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