Table 2.

Serum parameters after 12-week allicin administration (n = 6, mM).

Parameter	5 mg/kg	10 mg/kg	20 mg/kg	Controlc	Normal (regular diet)
	High-cholesterol diet (allicin administered)
TC	43.91 ± 4.21b	32.91 ± 1.34b	37.45 ± 0.80b	57.82 ± 3.51b	32.99 ± 0.55
TG	1.66 ± 0.34a	1.33 ± 0.11b	1.89 ± 0.19b	2.11 ± 0.35b	1.04 ± 0.23
GLU	8.73 ± 0.49	8.22 ± 1.52	8.10 ± 0.14	14.08 ± 3.16b	8.38 ± 0.75
HDL-C	1.25 ± 0.20a	1.71 ± 0.59	1.60 ± 0.45	1.61 ± 0.16	1.94 ± 0.22
LDL-C	1.06 ± 0.52a	1.04 ± 0.22a	0.80 ± 0.15a	1.83 ± 0.50	1.57 ± 0.43

The data are mean ± S.D. and significantly different at ^a P < 0.05 and ^b P < 0.01 by the unpaired Student's t-test.

TC: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, GLU: plasma glucose, HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

^cThe high cholesterol control group, 200 μL PBS (pH 7.4) was served instead of allicin as a negative control.