| Plant/ Family |
Animal Model |
Phytoconstituents |
Activity |
References |
| Allium cepa/ Alliaceae |
white albino rabbits |
Onion |
Decreased erythrocytes crenation |
Vatsala & Singh, 1981 |
| |
white albino rabbits |
Onion |
Decreased erythrocytes crenation |
Vatsala & Singh, 1980 |
| |
Male albino rats |
Onion juice |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Sharma, Chowdhury, & Sharma, 1975a |
| |
Male albino rabbits |
Onion juice |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Sharma, Chowdhury, & Sharma, 1975b |
| |
Male albino rats |
Fibre |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Vadhera, Punia, & Soni, 1995 |
| Allium sativum/ Alliaceae |
Goats |
Garlic capsules |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Kaul & Prasad, 1990 |
| |
Male rabbits |
Garlic |
Anti-atherosclerotic |
Mirhadi, Singh, & Gupta, 1991 |
| |
Female albino rats |
Garlic powder |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Kamanna & Chandrasekhara, 1982 |
| |
Male albino rabbits |
Garlic oil |
Anti-atherosclerotic |
Jain & Konar, 1978 |
| |
Male albino rats |
Garlic protein |
Anti-atherogenic and
anti-peroxidative |
Rajasree, Rajmohan, & Augusti, 2009 |
| |
Wistar rats |
Diallyldisulfide |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Rai, Sharma, & Tiwari, 2009 |
| |
Dogs of either sex |
Garlic pearls |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Das, Pramanik, Mitra, & Mukherjee, 1982 |
| |
Male albino rabbits |
Garlic |
Hypercholesterolemic effect during treatment |
Gupta, Khetrapal, & Ghai, 1987 |
| Commiphora mukul/ Burseraceae |
Male albino rabbits |
Alcoholic extract and steroid |
Marked hypocholesterolemic effect by steroid |
Nityanand & Kapoor, 1971 |
| |
Indian domestic pigs |
Resin |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Khanna, Agarwal, Gupta, & Arora, 1969 |
| |
Male albino rabbits |
Oleoresin fraction |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Satyavati, Dwarakanath, & Tripathi, 1969 |
| |
Male white leg-horn chicks |
Steroid, alcoholic extract and terpenoid |
Marked hypocholesterolemic effect by steroid |
Malhotra, Agarwal, Mehta, & Prasad, 1970 |
| |
Normal male rats |
Steroid |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Nityanand & Kapoor, 1973 |
| Emblica officinalis/ Euphorbiaceae |
Albino rabbits |
Amla |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Thakur, 1985 |
| Cicer Arietinum/ Fabaceae |
Albino rats |
Fibre of different pulses |
Marked hypocholesterolemic effect by bengal gram |
Soni, George, & Singh, 1982 |
| |
Albino rats |
Lipid extract |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Mathur, Sharma, & Singhal, 1964a |
| |
Male albino rabbits |
Seed coat |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Mand, Soni, Gupta, Vadhera, & Singh, 1992 |
| |
Male albino rats |
Whole, defatted and lipid extract |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Mathur, Singhal, & Sharma, 1964b |
| |
Rabbits |
Bengal gram and Biochanin A |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Gopalan, Gracias, & Madhavan, 1991 |
| |
Male albino rats |
Tannin, phytic acid and pectin |
Marked hypocholesterolemic effect by pectin |
Sharma, 1984a |
| Glycine max/ Fabaceae |
Albino rabbits |
Defatted soya protein |
Anti-atherosclerotic |
Thakur & Ali, 1982 |
| Trigonella foenum-graecum/ Fabaceae |
Rabbits |
Galactomannan |
Hypocholesterolemic and anti-atherogenic effect |
Boban, Nambisan, & Sudhakaran, 2009 |
| Vigna mungo/ Fabaceae |
Male albino rats |
Protein |
Anti-atherosclerotic |
Jayakumari, Nampoothiri, Nambisan, & Kurup, 1978 |
| |
Male albino rats |
Neutral detergent fibre |
Anti-atherosclerotic |
Jayakumari & Kurup, 1979 |
| |
Male albino rats |
Neutral detergent fibre |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Thomas, Leelamma, & Kurup, 1986 |
| Capsicum annuum/ Solanaceae |
Female wistar rats |
Capsaicin |
Anti-peroxidative |
Kempaiah, Manjunatha, & Srinivasan, 2005 |
| Withania somnifera/ Solanaceae |
Wistar rats |
Aqueous extract of fruits |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Hemalatha, Wahi, Singh, & Chansouria, 2006 |
| Curcuma longa/ Zingiberaceae |
Wistar rats |
Curcumin |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Manjunatha & Srinivasan, 2007 |
| |
Male albino mice |
Curcumin |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Soudamini, Unnikrishnan, Soni, & Kuttan, 1992 |
| |
Diabetic male albino rats |
Curcumin |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Suresh babu & Srinivasan, 1995 |
| |
Female albino rats |
Ethanol extract |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Subba Rao, Chandra Sekhara, Satyanarayana, & Srinivasan, 1970 |
| |
Albino mice |
Turmeric |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Godkar, Narayanan, & Bhide, 1996 |
| |
Wistar rats |
Curcumin |
Decreased erythrocytes crenation |
Kempaiah & Srinivasan, 2002 |
| |
Diabetic rats |
Curcumin |
Hypocholesterolemic |
Babu & Srinivasan, 1997 |