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Table 1 Serum lipids content (mmol/L) in rats fed standard diet (SD), high-fat diet (HFD), and HFD supplemented with Rhaponticum cathamoides extract (ERC), Punica granatum extract (EPG) and Glycyrrhiza glabra extract (EGG) (300 mg/kg per day) for 8 weeks

From: Effects of rhaponticum carthamoides versus glycyrrhiza glabra and punica granatum extracts on metabolic syndrome signs in rats

Lipid

SD

HFD

HFD + ERC

HD + EGG

HFD + EPG

TC

2.03 ± 0.21

2.82 ± 0.24#

2.31 ± 0.19*

2.89 ± 0.32

2.59 ± 0.22

LDL-C

0.47 ± 0.25

1.46 ± 0.35#

0.70 ± 0.24*

1.22 ± 0.34

1.08 ± 0.28*

HDL-C

1.20 ± 0.11

0.81 ± 0.21#

1.11 ± 0.14*

1.08 ± 0.24

0.95 ± 0.22

TG

1.79 ± 0.14

3.27 ± 0.37#

2.53 ± 0.25*

2.45 ± 0.35*

2.82 ± 0.37

FFA

0.76 ± 0.09

1.43 ± 0.24#

1.11 ± 0.12*

1.04 ± 0.12*

1.39 ± 0.16

  1. Data represent the mean ± S.E.M. (n = 10). The statistical significance of differences between rats fed HFD and either SD (#p < 0.01) or HFD supplemented with ERC, EPG or EGG (*p < 0.05) was determined.