Fig. 7

Effects of different drug-loading ways of β-sitosterol and β-sitosterol ester with linoleic acid on blood lipid level. (a) Blood lipid levels in control group (NG, HFD, TSO, NLSM). (b) Serum lipid levels in HFD and treatment groups (SSSM, SELA-TSO, SSHT-TSO, SS-TSO). The value is the means ± SD (n = 8). **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05, compared with the HFD group using t-test