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Table 5 Effect of flavone from Mucuna pruriens and coumarin from Ionidium suffruticosum on tissues Triglyceride level 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

Triglyceride (mg/g tissue)

Liver

Heart

Aorta

Group I

7.95±0.01b*

9.17±0.01b*

9.48±0.33b*

Group II

18.11±0.19a*

28.79±0.16a*

19.37±0.78a*

Group III

9.57±0.15a*, b*

16.78± 0.21a**,b*

12.67±0.11a*,b*

Group IV

8.24±0.10a*,b*

15.47 ± 0.12a*,b*

12.08 ± 0.12a*,b*

Group V

8.31±0.69a*,b*

15.21±0.36a*,b*

12.15 ± 0.01a*,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.