[A study of Laminaria digitata powder on experimental hyperlipoproteinemia and its hemorrheology].
Twenty rabbits with experimental hyperlipoproteinemia were divided randomly into two groups. The first group was administered Laminaria digitata powder (1 g daily) for 14 days. Another was given only the routine menu. It was found that the Laminaria digitata had a significant effect of lowering total cholesterol, -lipoprotein, especially triglyceride (P less than 0.01), meanwhile it could increase the level of HDL-c and HDL2-c. Also it could reduce relative blood viscosity, relative plasma viscosity, reductive viscosity and fibrinogen very significantly (P less than 0.01). However HDL3-c, hematocrit and index of erythrocytic deformability were not much influenced (P greater than 0.05). This experiment showed that there was a connection between the blood lipids and the concept of "Phlegm" in TCM.
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D000818:Animals; D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000187:drug effects; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006951:Hyperlipoproteinemias / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007795:Laminaria; D008297:Male; D011208:Powders; D011817:Rabbits; D012212:Rheology; D012624:Seaweed
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D011208:Powders