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Vibha Chaubey, Minakshi Dwivedi, Anil Kumar Singh, K Tripathi and Satya prakash Chaudhary

Abstract: The present study based on the effects of Turmeric powder (Curcuma longa) on serum lipid profile in hypercholesteremic patients was studied. Administration of turmeric powder of 1 gm orally TDS daily 30 days which produces highly significant (p<0.000) reduction of serum total cholesterol, triacylglyceride and LDL-cholesterol in hypercholesteremic group but the change of serum HDL-cholesterol was not significant. The present study suggests that fenugreek seed powder would be considered as effective agent for lipid lowering purposes.

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