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. 2014 Jan 9;2014:145901. doi: 10.1155/2014/145901

Table 4.

Effect of different extracts of P. canariensis on the lipid profiles and hepatic enzymes of normal and obese mice.

Group NC OC OC + AL-H OC + AL-C OC + AL-M
Serum plasma
 Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 70.3 ± 1.3 120.5 ± 5.4 74.0 ± 3.2a 71.4 ± 4.2a 72.6 ± 2.5a
 HDL (mg/dL) 43 ± 2.0 32.0 ± 1.6 39.7 ± 2.2a 40.7 ± 3.2a 38.9 ± 0.6a
 Triglycerides (mg/dL) 82.4 ± 3.1 115.8 ± 5.3 86.2 ± 6.7a 84.5 ± 5.8a 87.3 ± 2.0a
 MDA (nmol MDA/mg protein) 0.05 ± 0.00 0.08 ± 0.00 0.06 ± 0.00a 0.05 ± 0.00a 0.06 ± 0.00a
Hepatic lipids
 Cholesterol (µmol/g liver) 18.2 ± 4.3 35.6 ± 5.3 26.7 ± 6.1a 25.2 ± 7.5a 27.0 ± 7.7a
 Triglyceride (µmol/g liver) 13.8 ± 3.4 26.9 ± 4.8 17.4 ± 3.3a 16.8 ± 5.2a 18.0 ± 5.0a
Hepatic enzymes
 ALP (U/mL) 0.52 ± 0.07 0.63 ± 0.04 0.57 ± 0.04 0.54 ± 0.08 0.59 ± 0.01
 SGOT (U/mL) 1.79 ± 0.08 2.01 ± 0.05 1.86 ± 0.03 1.84 ± 0.05 10.88 ± 0.02
 SGPT (U/mL) 0.58 ± 0.06 0.72 ± 0.02 0.65 ± 0.02 0.64 ± 0.08 0.68 ± 0.06

Each value represents mean ± S.E.M. (n = 10 animals in each group) a P < 0.05 versus obese control. Hexane extract (AL-H), chloroform extract (AL-C), and methanol extract (AL-M) from P. canariensis.