Lipid reducing agents

摘要

PCT No. PCT/JP81/00091 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 16, 1981 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 16, 1981 PCT Filed Apr. 21, 1981.Substances which reduce the amount of lipids in serum and the liver are extracted from Yucca plants. These substances are capable of lowering high cholesterol and triglyceride values in serum as well as those in the livers of mammals and birds. A toxicity test in which these substances were administered to rats revealed that they have no acute toxicity.