Astragalus Polysaccharides Lowers Plasma Cholesterol through Mechanisms Distinct from Statins - Cheng, Yunjiu; Tang, Kai; Wu, Suhua; Liu, Lijuan; Qiang, Cancan; Lin, Xiaoxiong; Liu, Bingqing (PloS one, 2011)
Keywords: Absorption; Acids; Animals; Astragalus; Astragalus Plant - chemistry; Bile; Bile acids; Bile Acids and Salts - metabolism; Biology; Biotechnology industry; Blood lipids; Cholesterol; Cholesterol - biosynthesis; Cholesterol - blood; Cholesterol - metabolism; Cricetinae; Deoxycholic acid; Excretion; Feces; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation - drug effects; Hamsters; Hydroxylase; Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases - metabolism; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - pharmacology; Hypercholesterolemia; Hyperlipidemias - blood; Hyperlipidemias - enzymology; Hyperlipidemias - metabolism; Hyperlipidemias - pathology; Intestinal Absorption - drug effects; Intestine, Small - drug effects; Intestine, Small - metabolism; Lipids; Lipoproteins (low density); Liver; Liver - drug effects; Liver - enzymology; Liver - metabolism; Low density lipoprotein; Low density lipoproteins; Male; Medicine; Polysaccharides; Polysaccharides - pharmacology; Receptors, LDL - genetics; Receptors, LDL - metabolism; Rodents; Saccharides; Simvastatin; Small intestine; Statins; Synthesis; Triglycerides; China