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Table 2 Effect of flavone from Mucuna pruriens and coumarin from Ionidium suffruticosum on plasma lipid profile in control and experimental rats

From: Comparative evaluation of flavone from Mucuna pruriens and coumarin from Ionidium suffruticosum for hypolipidemic activity in rats fed with high Fat diet

Groups

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

Free cholesterol (mg/dl)

Ester cholesterol (mg/dl)

Phospholipid (mg/dl)

Triglyceride (mg/dl)

Athrogenic index

Group I

69.81±0.51b*

23.67±0.43b*

46.14±0.61b*

155.87±0.24b*

78.57 ±0.20b*

2.90±0.08b*

Group II

167.17±0.26a*

49.41±0.12a*

117.76±0.57a*

208.33±0.33a*

121.83±0.33a*

9.73±0.21a*

Group III

77.43 ±0.29a*,b*

24.36±0.74a*,b*

53.07±0.82a*,b*

160.71±0.34a*,b*

84.03±0.40a*,b*

3.35±0.18a*,b*

Group IV

72.74±0.47a*,b*

23.05±0.40a*,b*

49.69±0.22a*,b*

156.47±0.12a*,b*

79.47±0.37a*,b*

2.88±0.84a*,b*

Group V

72.92 ±0.22a*,b*

23.44±0.55a*,b*

49.48±0.56 a*,b*

156.29±0.28a*,b*

80.19 ±0.07a*,b*

2.97±0.53a*,b*

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SE (n=6 rats); P values: * < 0.001, ** < 0.05; NS: Non Significant; a →group I compared with groups II, III, IV, V; b →group II compared with groups III, IV, V; Details of group I-V are same as in Table1.