Lipid Lowering and Antioxidant Activity of Terminalia Arjuna in Hyperlipemic Rats

摘要

Lipid lowering and antioxidant activity of the bark powder of Arjuna tree (Terminalia arjuna) has been studied in triton and high fat diet fed rats model. Serum lipids were found to be lowered by T. arjuna (100 mg/kg b.w) in triton induced hyperlipemia. Chronic feeding of this powder (100 mg/kg b.w, p.o.) with high fat diet (in vitro) for 30 days caused lowering in lipids and protein levels of beta lipoproteins followed by an increase in high density lipoprotein-cholesterol. T. arjuna alters the lipolytic activities in plasma. It increases faecal bile acid excretion and enhances plasma lecithin: cholesterol acytransferase activity.