Chemical Analysis of Astragali Complanati Semen and Its Hypocholesterolemic Effect Using Serum Metabolomics Based on Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

• Main Authors: Tung Ting Sham (Author), Huan Zhang (Author), Daniel Kam Wah Mok (Author), Shun Wan Chan (Author), Jianhong Wu (Author), Songyun Tang (Author), Chi On Chan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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The hypocholesterolemic protective effect of the dried seed of Astragalus complanatus (ACS) was investigated in rats fed with normal diet, high cholesterol diet (HCD), and HCD plus 70% ethanol extract of ACS (600 mg/kg/day) by oral gavage for four weeks. ACS extract was tested to be rich in antioxid...