Elucidation of mechanisms of actions of thymoquinone-enriched methanolic and volatile oil extracts from Nigella sativa against cardiovascular risk parameters in experimental hyperlipidemia

Table 3 Average body and liver weights of rats during 30 days of treatment with ME and VO fractions

Each value is mean ± SD from 4 rats in each group except NLP (n = 5). NLP-C, normolipidemic control fed 1 ml saline/rat/day; HLP-C, hyperlipidemic control given 1 ml of saline before the feeding of 1 ml suspension containing 5 mg cholesterol, 30 mg coconut oil and 2.5 mg cholic acid /rat/day; whereas rats in HLP-ME, HLP-VO were fed 1 ml of 100 mg ME, 20 mg VO prior to administration of 1 ml of the above atherogenic suspension /rat/day for 30 days. Note: All the values in NLP-C and HLP-C control groups in this manuscript were already presented in our previously published article [37]. The values were statistically significant from NLP-C at ^ap < 0.05 and HLP-C at ^bp < 0.05.

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