Table 2.

Effect of L-carnitine (LCAR, 300 and 500 mg/kg/day, IP) on serum lipid profile in dexamethasone (DEXA)-toxified rats

	Control	DEXA	DEXA-MET	LCAR500	DEXA-LCAR300	DEXA-LCAR500
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	101.60 ± 7.55	195.00 ± 31.70*	184.40 ± 41.20*	112.00 ± 19.28	151.20 ± 17.33*	154.00 ± 27.03*
HDL-C (mg/dL)	65.17 ± 5.38	41.71 ± 5.02*	69.50 ± 15.77#	64.00 ± 16.97	65.00 ± 9.21#	68.00 ± 6.93#
Non-HDL-C (mg/dL)	36.33 ± 6.77	152.70 ± 32.71*	115.00 ± 27.60*#	47.50 ± 2.88	86.17 ± 12.53*#	86.00 ± 20.34*#
TGs (mg/dL)	98.33 ± 19.16	396.50 ± 212.8*	211.00 ± 63.78#	113.80 ± 57.27	200.80 ± 80.24#	161.00 ± 40.58#

Data are shown as means ± SD, n = 6 per group

HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TGs, triglycerides

^{*, #}P < 0.05 versus control and DEXA groups, respectively