Acute and chronic antihypertensive effects of Cinnamomum zeylanicum stem bark methanol extract in L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats

Table 1 Effects of the methanol extract from C. zeylanicum on lipid profile in L-NAME hypertensive rats

Treatment	Triglycerides (mg/dl)	Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	Atherogenic index
Control	53.48 ± 3.36	50.63 ± 2.07	48.76 ± 3.13	5.51 ± 3.68	1.06 ± 0.31
L-NAME	81.10 ± 3.80^β	83.13 ± 4.02^γ	17.57 ± 2.82^β	38.52 ± 4.29^β	5.35 ± 0.48^γ
L-N + Capto	45.74 ± 3.36**	48.12 ± 2.09***	40.40 ± 3.32**	4.50 ± 3.96***	1.50 ± 0.70***
L-N + MECZ	50.16 ± 3.33*	56.46 ± 5.29***	42.26 ± 3.83**	9.50 ± 3.08***	1.41 ± 0.18***

n = 5; ^βp < 0.01 and ^γp < 0.001 significantly different compared to the control; ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01 and ^***p < 0.001 significantly different compared to L-NAME. L-NAME group received only L-NAME 40 mg/kg/day. L-N + Capto received L-NAME plus captopril (20 mg/kg/day) while L-N + MECZ received L-NAME plus extract (300 mg/kg/day).

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