Commiphora mukul belongs to Family Burseracae. It has been used in Ayurveda for more than 2500 years to treat a variety of ailments. The evaluation of hypolipidemic effects of such a natural medicinal product at 50 mg/kg body weight has been conducted on the serum lipid profile in albino rats for a period of 7, 15 and 30 days. Gum guggul treated rats showed significantly decreased (p<0.01) level of serum total cholesterol, LDL, VLDL and TG, however the levels of HDL increased significantly (p<0.01). These results suggested that aqueous extract of gum guggul might alter the metabolism of body and help to prevent obesity, CHD and other lipid related disorders.
Commiphora mukul, Lipid profile, Albino rat
