Journal of
Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

  • Abbreviation: J. Pharmacognosy Phytother.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2502
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPP
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 234

Full Length Research Paper

Effect of Ethiopian high land green tea (Camellia sinensis) leaf extract on highly active anti-retroviral therapy induced dyslipidemia in Albino Wistar rats

Tesaka Wondimnew
  • Tesaka Wondimnew
  • Biomedical Sciences Unit, College of Health Sciences, Jimma University, P. O. Box 378, Jimma, Ethiopia.
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Natesan Gnanasekaran
  • Natesan Gnanasekaran
  • Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Solomon Genet
  • Solomon Genet
  • Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 28 December 2017
  •  Accepted: 22 February 2018
  •  Published: 30 April 2018

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