Antihypercholesterolemic, antioxidant and renal protective effects of Mengkudu (Rubiaceae) fruit in nephropathy-induced albino rats.

Chin J Integr Med. 2017 Sep 15. doi: 10.1007/s11655-017-2785-1.
Antihypercholesterolemic, antioxidant and renal protective effects of Mengkudu (Rubiaceae) fruit in nephropathy-induced albino rats.
Mahadeva Rao US, Shanmuga Sundaram C.

Noni fruit extract ingestion improved total cholesterol, triacylglycerol, phospholipids, renal functional parameters and lipid peroxidation products in rats fed a hypercholesterolemic diet. Further, noni fruit extract protected renal tissue in these animals. (original abstract available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28914438).