Lipotropic Agents (Lipotropics)

Endogenous factors or drugs that increase the transport and metabolism of LIPIDS including the synthesis of LIPOPROTEINS by the LIVER and their uptake by extrahepatic tissues.

Also Known As:

Lipotropics; Lipocaic; Lipotropic Drugs; Agents, Lipotropic; Drugs, Lipotropic; Factors, Lipotropic; Lipotropic Factors

Networked: 102 relevant articles (3 outcomes, 7 trials/studies)

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Bio-Agent Context: Research Results

Chemical Actions and Uses
- Pharmacologic Actions: 160
  - Therapeutic Uses: 47080
    - Gastrointestinal Agents: 57
      - Lipotropic Agents: 102
    - Lipid Regulating Agents: 18
      - Hypolipidemic Agents: 776
        Lipotropic Agents: 102
        Lipoprotein Lipase Activators: 4
  - Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action: 24
    - Antimetabolites: 1599
      - Hypolipidemic Agents: 776
        Lipotropic Agents: 102

Experts

1.	Li, Deshan: 1 article (01/2016)
2.	Li, Junyan: 1 article (01/2016)
3.	Liu, Mingyao: 1 article (01/2016)
4.	Liu, Yunye: 1 article (01/2016)
5.	Liu, Zhihang: 1 article (01/2016)
6.	Ren, Guiping: 1 article (01/2016)
7.	Song, Liying: 1 article (01/2016)
8.	Xu, Pengfei: 1 article (01/2016)
9.	Yang, Yongbi: 1 article (01/2016)
10.	Yuan, Qingyan: 1 article (01/2016)

Related Diseases

1.	Chronic Hepatitis (Chronic Active Hepatitis) 07/01/1949 - "[Lipotropic factors: their action on intermediate lipid metabolism, and their clinical use in chronic hepatitis]." 10/01/1958 - "[Effectiveness of health resort treatment of chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis with lipotropic factors as diet supplement]." 03/01/1958 - "[The efficacy of a diet enriched with lipotropic factors, vitamin C and vitamin B complex in patients with chronic hepatitis]."
2.	Lipoma (Lipomata) 01/01/1957 - "[Eruptive lipomas cured by heparin-lipocaic factor combination]."
3.	Disease Susceptibility (Diathesis) 01/01/1952 - "[Efficacy of early administration of complex lipotropic agents in infants with cutaneous manifestations of exudative diathesis]."
4.	Atherosclerosis 05/01/1962 - "[Effect of lipocaic on the development of experimental atherosclerosis]." 11/13/1954 - "[Action of lipotropic factors in atherosclerosis]." 10/17/1953 - "[Lipotropic factors in atherosclerosis]." 08/01/1952 - "[Lipotropic factors and experimental atherosclerosis]." 06/01/1954 - "IX. Effect of lipotropic agents on serum lipid partitions in fifty patients with generalized atherosclerosis; a three year study."
5.	Fibrosis (Cirrhosis) 03/17/1956 - "Clinical and nutritional aspects of lipotropic agents; with special reference to their role in the pathogenesis and treatment of fatty cirrhosis of the liver." 02/01/1949 - "Diffuse hepatic fibrosis is a regular occurrence in rats kept for 100 to 150 days on a diet low in lipotropic factors. " 01/01/1949 - "Lipotropic factors In experimental and human cirrhosis." 06/05/1948 - "The lipotropic factors in experimental cirrhosis." 08/01/1953 - "4. Effect of lipotropic factors on anemia due to Morgagni-Laennec's cirrhosis]."

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Heparin (Liquaemin)
2.	Vitamin B Complex (B Vitamins)
3.	Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)
4.	Lipids
5.	Cholesterol
6.	Phosphorus (Red Phosphorus)
7.	Phospholipids (Phosphatides)
8.	Inositol (Myoinositol)
9.	Choline (Choline Chloride)
10.	Vitamins

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Therapeutics
2.	Peritoneal Dialysis
3.	Sublingual Administration