EFFECT OF CHICORIUM INTYBUS EXTRACT ON HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES IN LIVER AND KIDNEY OF   HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC RABBITS

Nawras A. Alwan

EFFECT OF CHICORIUM INTYBUS EXTRACT ON HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES IN LIVER AND KIDNEY OF HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC RABBITS

2009

Nawras A. Alwan

In this study, the experiment was designed to investigate the effect of daily oral administration of (0.5gm/kg. B.W) of chicory (Chicorium intybus) for one month on weight and histology of kidney and liver of hypercholesterolemic rabbits (induced by oral administration of 0.5 gm/kg of cholesterol dissolved in 3ml Soya bean oil) and compared this effect with medicial therapy used for atherosclerosis treatment . The results revealed a significant increase (P

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