Authors: Seyed Ebrahim Sajjadi Yalda Shokoohinia Saeed Hemmati
Publish Date: 2012/09/08
Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 668-671
Abstract
Peucedanum pastinacifolium Boiss Hausskn has been used by local inhabitants in Central and Western Iran as an antihyperlipidemic vegetable which has been verified in vivo 1 2 The ethanolic extract of the aerial parts of P pastinacifolium can lower total serum cholesterol lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol triglyceride levels and atherogenic indices in hypercholesterolemic rats after eight days 1 In another study onemonth treatment of streptozotocininduced diabetic rats with a hydroalcoholic extract of P pastinacifolium aerial parts was shown to ameliorate their blood lipid profile 2In our continuing investigation of Apiaceaous plants it was decided to analyze P pastinacifoliumaerial parts We identified three linear furanocoumarins bergapten isopimpinellin and methoxsalen along with a phenylpropanoid named elemicin from the acetone extract The essential oil of the aerial parts of the plant was also analyzed using GC/MS Literature survey revealed that
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