%0 Journal Article
%T Efecto del extracto acuoso de Aloe vera (L.) N. L. Burm. sobre indicadores lip¨ªdicos de suero de conejo
%A Till¨¢n Cap¨®
%A Juana
%A Fern¨¢ndez Nieves
%A Marjorie
%A Men¨¦ndez Castillo
%A Rosa
%A Carrillo Dom¨ªnguez
%A Carmen
%A P¨¦rez Gonz¨¢lez
%A Dariel
%J Revista Cubana de Plantas Medicinales
%D 2008
%I ECIMED
%X introduction: the research works conducted with water extract and gel from aloe vera (l.) n. l. burm., administered to mice in a triton-induced acute hyperlipidemia pattern, showed a protective effect against the increase of lipids. objetives: to study the effect of administration of water extract from a. vera at repeated doses on the lipid indicators of rabbit serum. methods: male new zealand rabbits were treated with water extracts from aloe vera at doses of 17 and 34 mg/kg of bodyweight, on the basis of whole solids for 6 weeks. an untreated control group was included. body weight, total cholesterol, hdl-cholesterol, ldl cholesterol and triglycerides were determined at the beginning and at the end of the experimental period. results: it was found that cholesterol, ldl cholesterol and triglycerides significantly decreased in serum of animals treated with 34 mg/kg dose of the water extract at the end of the experiment, however, the hdl-cholesterol did not show any variation. conclusions: the administration of water extract from aloe vera to a rabbit for 6 weeks significantly reduced serum lipids.
%K aloe vera
%K water extracts
%K cholesterol
%K ldl-cholesterol
%K triglycerides
%K rabbits.
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