Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1999 Feb; 24(2): 106-8, 127.

[Preventing and treating effect of total oil of Microula sikkimensis (Hemsl.) on experimental hyperlipemia in rats]

Li M, He L, Wu Z, Wang Q.

Gansu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000.

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of the total oil of Microula sikkimensis on an experimental hyperlipemia model of rat. METHOD: Using feeding method to set up the experimental hyperlipemia model and determining the biochemical criteria. RESULT: The total oil of Microula sikkimensis significantly decreased the contents of cholesterol, triglyceride and MDA in blood serum, and increased the rate between total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein. CONCLUSION: The study provides an important basis for exploiting and utilizing the total oil of Microula sikkimensis.