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Abstract

When abnormally high levels of #lipids (fatty substances) are found in the blood, this condition is known as #hyperlipidemia. Obesity is also related to this disorder. #Hypolipidemic drugs are extensively used to prevent such disorders, but these drugs have other adverse effects. In India about 150 medicinal plants have been used as herbal drugs against these disorders. This review focused on some medicinal plants which have lipid lowering activities. Obesity is one of the most common health problems and this disorder is associated with abnormal levels of blood lipids (hyperlipidemia) and lipoproteins (#hyperlipoproteinemia). In hyperlipidemic conditions, the levels of lipids and cholesterol elevated in the blood and it is a symptom of different disorders of lipoprotein metabolism [1]. Hyperlipidemia is a condition of excess fatty substances called lipids, largely cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. The extra amount of lipid circulates in blood attached to the protein and this condition is known as hyperlipoptoteinemia. During the circulation the #fatty substances remain dissolved [2]. It is a disorder of lipid metabolism caused by elevation of #plasma concentrations of the various lipid and #lipoprotein fraction, which are the key risks factors for cardio vascular disease (CVD). It also increases the cholesterol esters, phospholipids or triglycerides. Predisposition to coronary, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular arterial diseases are the most common reason of death in developing and developed nations and they are mostly due to abnormalities in plasma lipids [3].

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Lipid Lowering Activity of Some Medicinal Plants: A Review of Literature by Reema Srivastava in BJSTR 

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