What are the functions of evening primrose oil
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Evening primrose oil is a kind of natural herb. Because of its very effective medicinal value, evening primrose oil is often used in the treatment of some diseases. Therefore, this paper will share the specific functions of evening primrose oil as follows.
What are the functions of evening primrose oil
The first is the effect of reducing weight. Evening primrose oil (0.3-1ml / kg) can prevent subcutaneous injection of large dose of sodium glutamate (3mg / g body weight) to cause hypothalamic obesity in rats. It can reduce the triglyceride in animal blood, increase the high density lipoprotein cholesterol, inhibit the enlargement of fat cells and the thickening of intestinal villi in sodium glutamate mice, and effectively adjust the absorption function of gastrointestinal tract, so as to alleviate the accumulation of fat in the body.
The second is the anti fatty liver effect. Evening primrose oil 0.3ml/kg, and its 5% sodium salt 2ml / kg and 5% sodium salt 6ml / kg intragastric administration have good anti fatty liver effect on rats with fatty liver induced by ethionine. The content of triglyceride in fatty liver was significantly decreased and the occurrence of fatty liver was inhibited.
The third is antiarrhythmic effect. Evening primrose oil and its sodium salt have significant preventive and therapeutic effects on aconitine induced arrhythmia in rats, thymosin g induced arrhythmia in guinea pigs and barium chloride induced arrhythmia in rabbits, especially on barium chloride induced arrhythmia.
matters needing attention
After clarifying the specific role of evening primrose oil, we should also pay attention to that evening primrose oil is not suitable for women during menstruation.
