Hypolipidemic and antioxidative effects of noni (Morinda citrifolia L.) juice on high- fat/cholesterol-dietary hamsters.

Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 2012 Sep;67(3):294-302.
Hypolipidemic and antioxidative effects of noni (Morinda citrifolia L.) juice on high- fat/cholesterol-dietary hamsters.
Lin YL, Chou CH, Yang DJ, Chen JW, Tzang BS, Chen YC.

Six weeks of noni juice ingestion lowered serum triacylglycerol, cholesterol, atherogenic index, malondialdehyde levels, and hepatic lipids in hamsters fed a high-fat/cholesterol diet. Noni juice also increased serum trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity and glutathione, as well as upregulated hepatic peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha and uncoupling protein 2 gene expressions.  These results reveal the cardioprotective properties of noni juice. (original abstract available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11130-012-0309-x).