. 2008 Jan 22;5(2):213–222. doi: 10.4314/ajtcam.v5i2.31276

Table 1.

Plasma, erythrocyte membrane and buccal mucosa tissue lipid and lipoprotein profile in control and experimental hamsters in each group.

Parameters	Group I Control	Group II DMBA	Group III DMBA + CiALet	Group IV CiALet alone
Plasma
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	108.58 ± 8.4^a	128.9 ± 8.59 ^b	116.6±11.87 ^c	109.22±7.9 ^a
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	33.86±3.48 ^a	20.33±2.48 ^b	30.52±3.23 ^c	34.43±2.52 ^a
LDL-cholesterol^* (mg/dl)	58.91±3.87 ^a	86.80±6.9 ^b	64.26±5.12 ^c	56.75±4.01 ^a
VLDL-cholesterol^** (mg/dl)	18.78±1.57 ^a	15.18±2.01 ^b	17.28±1.58 ^c	18.89±1.38 ^a
Phospholipid (mg/dl)	115.28±9.44 ^a	102.01±10.53^b	109.36±7.31^c	116.17±8.50 ^a
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	93.30±6.53 ^a	78.25±8.74 ^b	86.71±7.06 ^c	94.41±6.91 ^a
Free fatty acids (mg/dl)	9.88± 0.87 ^a	12.98 ± 1.17^b	10.68 ± 0.82 ^c	9.84 ± 0.87 ^a
C/P ratio	0.94±0.07 ^a	0.79±0.05 ^b	0.89±0.06 ^c	0.94±0.07 ^a
Erythrocyte membrane
Total cholesterol (µg/mg protein)	121.28±10.64 ^a	154.65±13.31^b	131.96±11.66 ^c	121.05±10.08 ^a
Phospholipid (µg/mg protein)	243.79±20.14^a	203.24±19.06^b	225.23±17.73^c	245.01±20.42 ^a
C/P ratio	0.52±0.05 ^a	0.73±0.06 ^b	0.57±0.05 ^c	0.53±0.05 ^a
Buccal mucosa tissues
Total cholesterol (mg/g tissue)	4.29±0.31 ^a	5.97±0.53 ^b	4.92±0.46 ^c	4.18±0.31 ^a
Phospholipid (mg/g tissue)	13.09±1.21 ^a	7.21±0.69 ^b	11.34±1.04 ^c	13.26±0.96 ^a
Free fatty acids (mg/g tissue)	11.22±0.91 ^a	6.17±0.63 ^b	9.16±0.87 ^c	11.52±0.84 ^a
C/P ratio	0.33±0.03 ^a	0.81±0.08 ^b	0.43±0.05 ^c	0.31±0.03 ^a

Values are expressed as mean ± SD, (n=10). Values not sharing a common superscript significantly differ at p < 0.05 (DMRT).

CiALet - Clerodendron inerme aqueous leaf extract.

$LDL-cholesterol = Total cholesterol - HDL + (\frac{T G}{5}) .$

^**

$VLDL-cholesterol = (\frac{T G}{5}) .$