Lowering of lipid composition in aorta of guinea pigs by Curcuma domestica

Table 1 Effect of C. domestica on cholesterol, triglyceride and phospholipid levels in the serum and aorta.

Group	Cholesterol		Triglyceride		Phospholipid
	serum	aorta	serum	aorta	serum	aorta
	(mg/ml)	(μg/g protein)	(mg/ml)	(mg/g protein)	(μmol/ml)	(mmol/g protein)
untreated	4.32 ± 0.86	5.28 ± 1.23	7.31 ± 2.53	28.00 ± 6.25	0.12 ± 0.01	1.06 ± 0.02
(control)
given high	4.66 ± 1.20	22.06 ± 4.63^*	22.47 ± 5.29^*	65.34 ± 11.72^*	0.14 ± 0.01	2.48 ± 0.50^*
cholestrol
diet
given high	4.40 ± 0.89	5.26 ± 1.82^**	7.30 ± 0.46^**	28.67 ± 5.17^**	0.13 ± 0.01	1.07 ± 0.17^**
cholesterol
diet and
C. domestic a
given	2.25 ± 0.90	5.13± 1.24	6.40 ± 0.45	23.94 ± 5.14	0.12 ± 0.01	1.05 ± 0.09
C. domestica

The data are presented as mean ± SEM of 6 animals. ^* Significantly different when compared to untreated group (control), p < 0.05 ^** Significantly different when compared to group given high cholesterol diet, p < 0.05

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