title: Effect of Linguizhugan decoction on hyperlipidemia rats with intermittent fasting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the effect of Linguizhugan decoction on hyperlipidemia rats with caloric restriction.
  
  
  METHODS
  The hyperlipidemia model of rat was induced by high fat diet for 8 weeks. After the model was established, 26 rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: the control group (n = 6), the model group (n = 6), the intermittent fasting (IF) group (n = 8), and the IF and herbal medicine (IFH) group (n = 6). IF group was applied intermittent fasting every other day. The IFH group was given Linguizhugan decoction every day and intermittent fasting every other day. Blood samples were taken at the end of 16 weeks, and serum ghrelin and lipid was tested.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Serum ghrelin in the IF group significantly increased (P < 0.01). Serum ghrelin in IFH group was lower than the IF group (P < 0.05), but higher than the model group (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Linguizhugan decoction may play a part in regulation of energy and appetite in hyperlipidemia rats with IF.
authors.affiliation: Traditional Chinese Medicine Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. yyb22@sina.com.cn
authors.forename: Yubin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ke
authors.forename: Junjie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lanying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001066:Appetite / Q000187:drug effects; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood; D054439:Ghrelin / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D054439:Ghrelin; D008055:Lipids