title: Effect of quercetin against lindane induced alterations in the serum and hepatic tissue lipids in wistar rats.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effect of quercetin (flavonoid) against lindane induced alterations in lipid profile of wistar rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rats were administered orally with lindane (100 mg/kg body weight) and quercetin (10 mg/kg body weight) for 30 days. After the end of treatment period lipid profile was estimated in serum and tissue.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Elevated levels of serum cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoprotein (LDL), very Low Density Lipoprotein (VLDL) and tissue triglycerides, cholesterol with concomitant decrease in serum HDL and tissue phospholipids were decreased in lindane treated rats were found to be significantly decreased in the quercetin and lindane co-treated rats.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study suggests that quercetin has hypolipidemic effect and offers protection against lindane induced toxicity in liver by restoring the altered levels of lipids. The quercetin cotreatment along with lindane for 30 days reversed these biochemical alterations in lipids induced by lindane.
authors.affiliation: Animal tissue culture and Molecular genetics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641 046, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: Viswanadha Vijaya
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Padma
authors.forename: Gurusamy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lalitha
authors.forename: Nicholson Puthanveedu
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Shirony
authors.forename: Rathinasamy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baskaran
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood*; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D011794:Quercetin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane; D011794:Quercetin
keywords: High density lipoprotein; Lindane; Low density lipoprotein; Oxidative stress; Quercetin; Triglycerides; Very low density lipoprotein