Effect of Different Medicinal Plants on Cholesterol (Hyperlipidemia)

Abstract

Every animal cell membrane contains cholesterol, an organic chemical molecule that is a member of the fat family. Hyperlipidemia is often characterized by abnormal increases in total cholesterol, triglycerides (TGs), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and decreases in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Garlic was a potent lipid-lowering drug, according to earlier reviews. Flaxseed raises good HDL cholesterol, lowers high blood cholesterol, bad LDL cholesterol, and triglyceride levels, and acts as a sweeper to clear clogged coronaries. Plant α-linolenic acid (ALA) and lignans are most abundant in flaxseed. Ficus carica fruit hydroethanol extract increased the protective advantages of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) while lowering triglycerides, cholesterol, LDL, and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL). Alkaloids, xanthotoxols, glycosides, polyphenols, flavonoids, and numerous other chemicals are found in Ficus carica, according to analysis. Chronic administration of F. carica for three to twelve weeks has been shown to protect animal models with hyperlipidemia and hypercholesterolemia. These results imply that flavonoids, particularly apigenin 8-C-glucoside (vitexin) and quercetin-3-O-rutinoside (rutin), may be responsible for the fruit extract's hypolipidemic and hypocholesterolemic actions.