The cholesterol lowering effects of Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali) root extract in male rats

• Main Authors: Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi, Abllah, Zurainie, Najmuldeen, Ghazi Faisal, Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universitas Indonesia 2017
• Subjects: RB Pathology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/56299/1/Cholesterol%20lowering%20effects%20of%20Eurycoma%20longifolia%20jack.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56299/7/56299_The%20cholesterol%20lowering%20effects%20of%20Eurycoma%20longifolia%20Jack_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56299/; http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/health/index

Background: To investigate the effect of Eurycoma longifolia Jack root extract on serum lipids in rats. Methods: Twenty-six mature male albino Wistar rats were used in this study. A group of 18 rats were fed a high fat and high cholesterol diet for 4 weeks, after which their lipid profile was compar...