Sodium Tungstate Is Expected To Be a New Drug For Reducing Blood Lipids
Sodium tungstate is a kind of tungstate, and its chemical formula is Na 2 WO 4 . In nature, sodium tungstate appears to be colorless crystalline or white crystalline powder, and sodium tungstate is now known to replace sodium vanadate in the treatment of diabetes. However, with the study of sodium tungstate in the field of medical treatment, some American scholars have suggested that sodium tungstate can also be used to treat hyperlipidemia and obesity. Hyperlipidemia refers to the high level of blood lipids, can directly cause some serious harm to human health diseases, such as atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, pancreatitis and obesity, this symptom is more common in the United States, which is related to diet. In medicine, high blood lipids are caused by elevated levels of triglycerides (TG) and total sterols (CHO) in the blood. In order to investigate the possibility of sodium tungstate in the treatment of hyperlipidemia, Chinese medical workers were tested w...