Table 3.

Effect of MCE on the serum lipids and blood glucose levels in old obese rats

Oral treatment (n = 8)	Cholesterol (mg %)	HDL-CH (mg %)	VLDL-CH (mg %)	LDL-CH (mg %)	Triglyceride (mg %)	Blood glucose (mg %)
	Mean ± SEM
Normal control	80.8 ± 1.7	18.7 ± 0.9	8.4 ± 0.	54.4 ± 0.21	60.4 ± 0.39	68.8 ± 2.1
Obese control	115.9 ± 2.7b	27.8 ± 0.4a	24.6 ± 0.8b	64.4 ± 2.2a	123.2 ± 4.1b	116.5 ± 1.6b
MCE (150 mg/kg)	88.5 ± 1.7c	31.2 ± 0.6c	20.2 ± 0.9c	37.2 ± 2.0d	100.9 ± 4.4c	94.5 ± 1.1a
MCE (300 mg/kg)	81.6 ± 1.9d	32.4 ± 0.6d	17.8 ± 0.2d	26.3 ± 3.1d	88.7 ± 3.2d	77.1 ± 1.2d

Significant difference of Obese control from Normal control: ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01,

Significant difference of treatment groups from Obese control: ^cP < 0.01, ^dP < 0.001