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Original Research Paper<br />

Lipid-lowering activity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cow <strong>urine</strong> ark in guinea pigs fed with a high<br />

cholesterol diet<br />

Chawda Hiren Manubhai 1 , Mandavia Divyesh Rasiklal 1 , Baxi Seema Natvarlal 2 , Vadgama<br />

Vishalkumar Kishorbhai 1 , Tripathi ‎Chandrabhanu Rajkishor 1* ‎<br />

1 Department <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Bhavnagar-364001, Gujarat, India<br />

2 Department <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pathology, Government Medical College, Bhavnagar-364001, Gujarat, India<br />

Article history:<br />

Received: Sep 28, 2013<br />

Received in revised form:<br />

Apr 5, 2014<br />

Accepted: May 14, 2014<br />

Vol. 4, No. 5, Sep-Oct 2014,<br />

354-363.<br />

* Corresp<strong>on</strong>ding Author:<br />

Tel: ‎+919825951678‎<br />

Fax: ‎+9102782422011‎<br />

cbrtripathi@yahoo.co.in<br />

Keywords:<br />

Antioxidant activity<br />

Cow <strong>urine</strong> ark<br />

Dyslipidemia<br />

Hypolipidemia<br />

Guinea pig<br />

Statin<br />

Abstract<br />

Objectives: Cow <strong>urine</strong> ark (CUA), known‎ as‎ “Amrita”‎ as‎<br />

menti<strong>on</strong>ed in Ayurveda, c<strong>on</strong>tains‎ anti-hyperglycemic and<br />

antioxidant effects. Therefore, we designed <strong>the</strong> present study to<br />

evaluate <strong>the</strong> lipid ‎lowering activity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> CUA and its possible<br />

implicati<strong>on</strong> in metabolic syndrome.‎<br />

Materials and Methods: Thirty guinea pigs <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ei<strong>the</strong>r sex were<br />

divided into five groups: Group 1 and 2 serving as a vehicle ‎and<br />

sham c<strong>on</strong>trol, received normal and high fat diet for 60 days<br />

respectively; Group 3, 4 and 5 ‎received high fat diet for 60 days<br />

with CUA 0.8 ml/kg, 1.6 ml/kg and rosuvastatin (1.5 mg/kg) <strong>on</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>‎last 30 days <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> study period, respectively. Serum lipid pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ile<br />

(total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-‎C, VLDL-C, HDL-C, total<br />

Cholesterol/HDL-C) and serum enzymes (ALT, AST, ALP, LDH<br />

and CK-MB) ‎were performed in each group at <strong>the</strong> beginning and<br />

end <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong> study. Histological study <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> liver and ‎kidney was d<strong>on</strong>e<br />

in each group.<br />

Results: CUA (0.8 ml/kg) significantly decreased <strong>the</strong> serum<br />

triglycerides and VLDL-C, but CUA (1.6 ml/kg) ‎decreased <strong>the</strong><br />

total serum Cholesterol, triglycerides and VLDL-C (p < 0.05).<br />

Higher dose (1.6 ml/kg) <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ‎CUA also increased HDL-C level,<br />

significantly (p < 0.05). CUA reduced serum AST, ALP and LDH<br />

‎level, which was statistically significant as well, while it also<br />

decreased <strong>the</strong> accumulati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> lipid in hepatocytes as ‎compared to<br />

sham c<strong>on</strong>trol.‎<br />

C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s: CUA reduced triglycerides, increased HDL-C and<br />

found to be hepatoprotective in ‎animals that are <strong>on</strong> a high fat diet.<br />

Please cite this paper as:<br />

Chawda Hiren M, Mandavia DR, Baxi SN, Vadgama VK, ‎Tripathi ‎CR‎.Lipid-lowering activity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cow <strong>urine</strong> ark<br />

in guinea pigs fed with a high cholesterol Diet. Avicenna J Phytomed, 2014; 4 (5): 354-363.<br />

Introducti<strong>on</strong><br />

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are<br />

emerging problem in developing countries<br />

‎(Freedman, 2003; Badim<strong>on</strong> et al., 2010).<br />

CVD may become <strong>the</strong> reas<strong>on</strong> for <strong>the</strong> loss<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 17.9 ‎milli<strong>on</strong> Potentially Productive<br />

Years <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Life Lost (PPYLL) in India, by<br />

2030 (Anchala et al., 2012). ‎Dyslipidaemia<br />

is well recognized risk factor for <strong>the</strong><br />

development <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cardiovascular diseases<br />

AJP, Vol. 4, No. 5, Sep-Oct 2014 354

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