Table 1.

Effects of spinach on the plasma and hepatic lipid profiles of rats fed a high fat-cholesterol diet (HFCD)

	ND1)	HFCD	HFCD+S
Plasma (mg/g dL)
Total cholesterol	117.4±3.1a	174.7±14.0b	183.2±20.0b
Triglyceride	57.3±2.6ns2)	65.4±4.7	58.1±4.3
HDL cholesterol	67.14±3.7a	37.0±3.2b	28.8±1.5b
LDL cholesterol	44.9±5.4a	121.9±12.3b	142.1±19.4b
Liver (mg/g wet sample)
Total lipid	9.5±1.6a	41.4±4.6b	48.6±3.6b
Total cholesterol	0.7±0.0a	5.7±0.5b	6.0±0.5b
Triglycerides	0.6±0.0a	2.8±0.1b	3.0±0.2b

Value are mean±SE (n=8).

^a,bDifferent letters indicate significant difference at P<0.05.

¹⁾ND, normal diet; HFCD, high fat-cholesterol diet; HFCD+S, high fat-cholesterol diet supplemented with 5% spinach powder.

²⁾Not significant.