Publication: Anti-hyperlipidemic and cardioprotective effects of ocimum sanctum l. fixed oil in rats fed a high fat diet
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2010-01-01
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21910286
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07926855
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Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology. Vol.21, No.4 (2010), 387-400
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Thamolwan Suanarunsawat, Theewara Boonnak, Watcharaporn Devakul Na Ayutthaya, Suwan Thirawarapan Anti-hyperlipidemic and cardioprotective effects of ocimum sanctum l. fixed oil in rats fed a high fat diet. Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology. Vol.21, No.4 (2010), 387-400. doi:10.1515/JBCPP.2010.21.4.387 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/28834
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Anti-hyperlipidemic and cardioprotective effects of ocimum sanctum l. fixed oil in rats fed a high fat diet
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Ocimum sanctum (OS) has a lipid-lowering action in both normal and diabetic animals. Because OS leaves are rich in oil, the present study was conducted to explain the anti-hyperlipidemic and organ-protective effect of OS fixed oil in rats fed with a high fat (HF) diet. OS fixed oil was extracted by hexane and the fatty acids composition identified by GC-MS. Four groups of male Wistar rats included a normal control group, a high fat fed-diet (HF) group, a HF group treated with OS fixed oil, and a HF group treated with a reference drug simvastatin. The results show that OS fixed oil contains five kinds of fatty acids, of which a-linolenic acid was the major fatty acid. OS fixed oil depressed high serum levels of total cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL-C, and Al, whereas no significant effect on HDL-C was observed. OS fixed oil also suppressed high levels of liver cholesterol and triglyceride with no significant effect on both lipids in feces. In addition, OS fixed oil normalized the high serum levels of LDH and CK-MB but no significant effect on high serum levels of ALT, AST, and ALP was obtained. We conclude that treatment with OS fixed oil during the last three weeks of HF diet feeding decreased the high serum lipid profile and expressed antiartherogenic and cardioprotective actions against hyperlipidemia. The anti-hyperlipidemic action of OS fixed oil was mainly resulted from the suppression of liver lipid synthesis. Linolenic acid and linoleic acid contained in OS fixed oil were possibly responsible for both lipid-lowering and cardiac protective action against hyperlipidemia. © 2010, by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. All rights reserved.