Table 4.

Blood constituents in CND, CHFD, HFD + PC, HFD + NR50, and HFD + NR100 groups after 4 weeks.

	CND	CHFD	HFD + PC	HFD + NR50	HFD + NR100
Serum total cholesterol (mg/dL)	134.00 ± 4.65	174.00 ± 8.64	154.00 ± 4.10	182.00 ± 1.55	170.00 ± 5.59
Serum HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	66.00 ± 4.65	80.00 ± 1.55	64.00 ± 1.55**	98.00 ± 4.10*	92.00 ± 4.10
Serum LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	9.00 ± 1.22	16.50 ± 2.03	6.00 ± 0.00**	18.00 ± 0.00	12.00 ± 0.00*
Serum triglycerides (mg/dL)	16.00 ± 3.11	22.00 ± 1.63	22.00 ± 1.63	10.00 ± 1.63*	14.00 ± 1.63*
Serum glucose (mg/dL)	102.00 ± 14.97	200.00 ± 4.10	146.00 ± 1.63**	168.00 ± 2.69**	153.00 ± 9.41*
Serum TNF-α (pg/mL)	63.20 ± 1.40	61.08 ± 0.58	61.31 ± 0.58	64.43 ± 0.56	65.72 ± 1.22

Data represent the mean ± SEM, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.005, when compared to the CHFD group (n = 5 per group).

CND: control normal diet fed group.

CHFD: control high-fat diet fed group.

HFD + PC: high-fat diet + positive control (Naringenin 10 mg/kg body weight).

HFD + NR50: high-fat diet + Nitraria retusa 50 mg/kg body weight.

HFD + NR100: high-fat diet + Nitraria retusa 100 mg/kg body weight.