Review Article

The Great Healing Potential Hidden in Plant Preparations of Antioxidant Properties: A Return to Nature?

Table 14

The protective effects of plant origin materials in lipid profile disturbances.

ReferencePlant extract, dose, way and time of treatment, and animalsInducing factor and negative effectsProtective effects of plant materialEffects of plant per se

de Toledo Espindola et al. [121]Campomanesia adamantium root aqueous extract
200 mg/kg b.w., p.o., 8 weeks after hyperlipidemia
Wistar rats, 60 days, 140-150 g
Hyperlipidemia induced by high fructose diet for 16 weeks
Body weight gain: ↑
Serum: TC, TG ↑
Body weight gain: (++ during the experiment, + in the end)
Serum: TC, TG (+++)
Not studied

Veber et al. [34]Brassica oleracea L. red cabbage aqueous extract
125 or 250 mg/kg, p.o., twice a day, for 3 days
Male Wistar rats, 200-300 g
Hyperlipidemia induced by
a single administration of Triton WR-1339
400 mg/kg, i.p.
Serum: MDA, PC ↑
RBC: SOD ↑, CAT ↓
Liver: MDA, PC, SOD, GPx ↑, CAT ↓
Kidney: MDA, PC, GPx ↑, SOD, CAT ↓
Cerebral cortex: SOD ↓, MDA, PC ↑
Hippocampus: SOD, CAT ↓, GPx, MDA ↑
Serum: MDA (0 both doses), PC (0 125, +++ 250)
RBC: CAT (0 125, +++ 250), SOD (+++ both doses)
Liver: CAT (0 125, +++ 250), PC (+++ 125, ++ 250), MDA, SOD, GPx (+++ both doses)
Kidney: MDA(0 both doses), GPx (0 125, +++ 250), PC, SOD, CAT (+++ both doses)
Cerebral cortex: SOD (0 125, +++ 250), PC (++ 125, +++ 250), MDA (+++ both doses)
Hippocampus: SOD (0 125, +++ 250),MDA (++ 125, +++ 250), CAT and GPx (+++ both doses)
Not studied

Khlifi et al. [120]Erica multiflora L. leaf methanolic extract
Pretreatment 150 or 250 mg/kg, i.g., 1 hour before Triton WR-1339
Male Wistar rats, 150-200 g
Triton WR-1339-induced hyperlipidemia, a single dose 300 mg/kg, i.p.
Serum: HDL-c ↓, TC, TG, VLDL-c, LDL-c↑
Plasma: ALT, AST ↑
Liver: SOD, GPx, CAT ↓, MDA ↑
Liver: total DNA damage ↑
Serum: HDL-c (0 150, ++ 250), TG, VLDL-c, LDL-c (++ both doses), TC (++ 150, +++ 250)
Plasma: ALT (++ 150, +++ 250), AST (+++ both doses)
Liver: SOD (+ 150, ++ 250), MDA (++ both doses), GPx (+ 150, +++ 250), CAT (++ 150, ++ 250)
Liver: total DNA damage (++ both doses)
250 mg/kg only studied:
Serum: VLDL-c, TG ↑
Liver: SOD ↑

Onyenibe et al. [122]Monodora myristica fruit aqueous extract
100 or 200 mg/kg b.w., p.o., five times a week for 8 weeks
Male Wistar albino rats, 120-140 g
Hypercholesterolemia induced by cholesterol, p.o.
40 mg/kg/0.3 mL, five times a week for 8 weeks
Serum: HDL-c ↓, LDL-c, TC, TG, AST, ALT ↑
Liver: SOD, CAT, GSH ↓, MDA ↑
Heart: SOD, CAT ↓, MDA ↑
Serum: LDL-c (0 100, + 200), AST, TC (++ both doses), TG, ALT (+++ both doses), HDL-c (↑ both doses)
Liver: MDA (++ both doses), SOD, CAT, GSH (+++) both doses
Heart: MDA (++ 100, +++ 200), SOD (+++) both doses, CAT (↑ both doses)
Not studied

↓: a decrease vs. control; ↑: an increase vs. control; (+): a slight beneficial effect; (++): a distinct beneficial effect; (+++): a complete beneficial effect; (0): no beneficial effect.