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        <journal-title>American Journal of PharmTech Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">AJPTR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2249-3387</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.46624/ajptr.2019.v9.i4.011</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AJPTR94011</article-id>
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        <article-title>Studies on the anti obesity activity of ethanolic extract of  Centella Asiatica in Triton-X, High fat diet and Progesterone induced obesity</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Begum</surname>
            <given-names>SK Asmath</given-names>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Swamy</surname>
            <given-names>Kumar</given-names>
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      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2019-08-01">
        <month>08</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2019</year>
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      <volume>9</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
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        <p>Our aim in the present study was to evaluate the anti-obesity activity of Centella asiatica in high fat diet (HFD), Triton-X and Progesterone induced obese rats and mice. Ethanolic extract od centella asiativa was prepared And the extract is tested with different doses(100mg/kg, 200mg/kg, 400mg/kg) and the efficiency of EECA is comparable to that of orlistat (20mg/kg b.wt), a standard anti-obesity drug. Although food consumption was moderately increased in HFD-fed rats, EECA administration significantly reduced weight gain in them. Serum total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low density lipoproteins (LDL) and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) levels were significantly (P&lt; 0.05) lowered, while high density lipoproteins (HDL) increased in EECA administered with different (HFD, Triton-X, Progesterone) Based on our results we demonstrate that EECA has potential anti-obesity activity. Keywords: Centella asiatica, HFD(high fat diet), progesterone, lipid levels.</p>
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        <kwd>Centella asiatica</kwd>
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        <kwd>progesterone</kwd>
        <kwd>lipid levels.</kwd>
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