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Table 4 Effect of methanolic extract (ME) and volatile oil (VO) fractions on plasma arylesterase activity and the ratio of LDL-C and arylesterase activity in rats after 30 days of treatment

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

Group

Arylesterase activity (nmole/min/ml)

LDL-C†:arylesterase activity

NLP-C

665.15 ± 4.60

0.9220 × 10-3 ± 0.180 × 10-5

HLP-C

527.34 ± 4.73 (-20.71%)a

3.5682 × 10-3 ± 0.225 × 10-5 (+287.00%)a

HLP- ME

711.61 ± 4.70 (+34.94%)b

0.8338 × 10-3 ± 0.170× 10-5 (-76.63%)b

HLP-VO

680.57 ± 5.20 (+29.05%)b

0.9020 × 10-3 ± 0.180 × 10-5 (-74.72%)b

  1. †LDL-C (mg/ml) values are taken from Figure 1. Each value represents mean ± SD from pooled plasma samples in each group. The values were statistically significant from NLP-C at ap < 0.05 and HLP-C at bp < 0.05, and the values between the treated groups were also significant (p < 0.05).
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Lipids in Health and Disease

ISSN: 1476-511X