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Table 6 Lipid profile parameters in females and males after 28Ā days of administration

From: Cytotoxicity, acute and sub-chronic toxicities of the fruit extract of Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schumm. & Thonn.) Taub. (Fabaceae)

Doses (mg/Kg)

Female

Male

0

250

500

1000

0

250

500

1000

TAG (mg/kg)

62.45ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.25b

62.83ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.29b

57.23ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.09a

50.94ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.96a

67.17ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.08a

71.13ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.28a

69.81ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.35a

65.85ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.04a

T-CHOL (mg/Kg)

82.60ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.77 a

90.54ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.57 b

95.96ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.89c

103.78ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.2d

88.78ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.30a

93.82ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.80ab

97.23ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.59b

112.86ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.58c

HDL (mg/Kg)

52.71ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.12 a

62.04ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.71b

68.98ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.01c

81.34ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.17d

53.68ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.94a

66.33ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.78b

69.99ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.84b

83.23ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.97c

LDL (mg/Kg)

18.70ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.14c

15.93ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.30b

15.51ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.38b

12.26ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.03a

21.66ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.84b

13.26ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.27a

13.28ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.28a

16.46ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.78a

  1. Data are expressed as meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD, nā€‰=ā€‰4. Values in the test groups carrying the same letter as the control group in the same-sex and in the same row are not significantly different according to Waller Duncanā€™s Multiple Comparison Test (pā€‰<ā€‰0.05). TAG Triacylglycerol, T-CHOL Total cholesterol, HDL High density lipoprorotein, LDL Low density lipoprotein