Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 3 Plasma cholesterol and triacylglycerol in hamsters treated with G. lucidum and lovastatin (mmol/L)

From: Cholesterol-lowering properties of Ganoderma lucidum in vitro, ex vivo, and in hamsters and minipigs

Group	TC	TC	TAG	TAG	VLDL	LDL	HDL	LDL/HDL
	D1	D18	D1	D18	D18	D18	D18	D18
Control	3.57	3.48	1.10	1.08	0.22	0.51	2.75	0.19
Lovastatin	3.39	3.16^a	1.07	0.98	0.18^a*	0.48	2.50^a	0.19
Gl (2.5%)	3.46	3.40	0.64^a	0.90^a	0.18	0.53	2.69	0.20
Gl (5%)	3.34	3.14^a*	0.89^a*	0.92^a	0.20	0.49	2.44^a*	0.20

TC, total cholesterol; TAG, triacylglycerol; VLDL, LDL, HDL, very low-, low-, and high-density lipoproteins; D, day; LOVA, 20 mg/kg diet. Values represent mean of 6 animals. ^aSignificantly different from the control (P < 0.05 or *P < 0.10), students, unpaired, 1-tailed,t-test, equal variances.

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