Table 2.

Structural characterization of glycosaminoglycans. Densitometric analysis of bands from agarose gel electrophoresis. The results are mean of three different analyses. The coefficient of variation (%) was always found to be lower than 15% for all analyses (Maccari et al., 2011). Number of aortas in each experiment = 3. Chondroitin sulphate (CS), dermatan sulphate (DS) and heparan sulphate (HS)

Treatment groups	CS (%)	DS (%)	HS (%)	CS/DS
Control	15.50 ± 0.07	45.6 ± 0.14	38.9 ± 0.07	0.34 ± 0.02
High cholesterol	23.15 ± 3.04*	38.65 ± 0.78#	38.2 ± 0.02	0.59 ± 0.32♦

^*Significant differences in CS between the H-Chol group and the control group.

^#Significant differences in DS between the H-Chol group and the control group.

^♦Significant differences in CS/DS between the H-Chol group and the control group.