1.LIPID-LOWERING EFFECT OF ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS EXTRACTS IN HIGH FAT DIET-INDUCED HYPERLIPIDEMIA RATS
Nasiba Usman Salisu ; Nor Adlin Yusoff ; Mun Fei Yam ; Mohd Zaini Asmawi
Journal of University of Malaya Medical Centre 2022;25(SPECIAL ISSUE):16-24
This study was conducted to investigate the potential antihyperlipidemic effect of extract of A. sessilis leaf in high fat diet-induced hyperlipidemic rats. A. sessilis extracts were prepared using sequential extraction to obtain petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol, and water extracts. Extracts at the dose of 1000 mg/kg body weight were orally administered to hyperlipidemic rats for 28 consecutive days. Serum lipid profile, liver function enzymes, hepatic and fecal fat as well as total bile acid were evaluated. In vitro antioxidant activities were also assessed. Water extracts of A. sessilis significantly (p < 0.05) reduced the level of serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, and CRI ratio (p < 0.05) when compared to the hyperlipidemic control. Water and methanol extracts did not significant changes in liver enzymes when compared to the controls (p < 0.05). Methanol and water extracts decreased liver total cholesterol (p < 0.01) and triglycerides (p < 0.001) when compared to hyperlipidemic control and significantly (p < 0.05) increased fecal total bile acid as compared to controls. Both water and methanol extracts exerted potential antioxidant activities. A. sessilis extracts elicit antihyperlipidemic activity partly by reducing hepatic fat, increasing fecal fat and bile acids as well as scavenging the free radicals. This suggests a preventive effect of A. sessilis against hyperlipidemia.
Hypolipidemic Agents
3.The Effect of Pantethine on the Blood Lipid Level of Hyperlipidemic Patients.
Young Ku LEE ; Song Hyun NAM ; Tae Young KIM ; Won Sang YOO
Korean Circulation Journal 1981;11(2):123-127
Twenty four hyperlipidemic patients, consist of 13 males and 11 females, were administration a new hypolipidemic agents, Pantethine, and blood lipid level were checked sereally for 16 weeks. The following results are obtained. 1. The serum high density lipoprotein-cholesterol are markedly increased by 11.8%. 2. The serum cholesterol level are reduced mildly by 4.8% & it seems to be insignificant. 3. The serum triglyceride level are moderately reduced by 10.7%. 4. In 11 female patients, pantethine are more than effect on male patients. 5. Pantethine has been well tolerated in most patients. With a consideration of remakable safety, it is promising that pantethine are effective in reducing cholesterol, Triglyceride and increasing high density lipoprotein-cholesterol level.
Cholesterol
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Female
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Humans
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Hypolipidemic Agents
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Male
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Triglycerides
4.Study on mechanism and structure-activity relationship of hypolipidemic polysaccharides: a review.
Xia YANG ; Ying-Shu FENG ; Shan-Shan TONG ; Jiang-Nan YU ; Xi-Ming XU
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2018;43(20):4011-4018
Hypolipidemic polysaccharides have notable activity and safety with a range of diverse sources. In this paper, the classification of hypolipidemic polysaccharides was carried out into polysaccharide sulfate, glycosaminoglycan, homopolysaccharide and heteropolysaccharide. The hypolipidemic activity mechanism and structure-activity relationship hypothesis of those polysaccharides in recent years were briefly reviewed therefore to provide references for the study and product development of polysaccharides.
Hypolipidemic Agents
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chemistry
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pharmacology
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Polysaccharides
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chemistry
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pharmacology
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Structure-Activity Relationship
5.The triglyceride-lowering effects of PCSK9 inhibitor differ in patients with different baseline triglyceride levels.
Yanren PENG ; Guojun CHEN ; Hua ZHENG
Journal of Southern Medical University 2020;40(8):1141-1147
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the triglyceride (TG)-lowering effects of PCSK9 inhibitor in patients with in different baseline triglyceride levels.
METHODS:
Between February, 2019 and March, 2020, a total of 59 patients were treated with PCSK9 inhibitor (Evolocumab) in 5 hospitals, including Nanfang Hospital, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Foshan Nanhai District People's Hospital and Yulin First People's Hospital. According to baseline triglyceride levels, the patients were divided into normal TG group (< 1.70 mmol/L, =24), mild hypertriglyceridemia group (1.70-2.29 mmol/L, =11), moderate hypertriglyceridemia group (2.30-5.63 mmol/L, =13), and severe hypertriglyceridemia group (≥5.64 mmol/L, =11), and the changes in TG level after the treatment were compared among the 4 groups.
RESULTS:
In the groups with normal and mildly elevated baseline TG level, the patients did not show significant changes in TG levels after the treatment. In patients with moderately and severely elevated baseline TG levels, treatment with PCSK9 inhibitor significantly reduced their TG levels ( < 0.005).
CONCLUSIONS
PCSK9 inhibitor has a significant TG-lowering effect in patients with moderate to severe hypertriglyceridemia but not in patients with only mildly elevated baseline TG level.
Humans
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Hypertriglyceridemia
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Hypolipidemic Agents
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Proprotein Convertase 9
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Triglycerides