Table 1. Effect of acetylshikonin on biochemical parameters of serum in HFD induced obese rats.

	Normal	HFD	HFD+low AS	HFD+middle AS	HFD+high AS
TC (mM)	1.24±0.10	1.68±0.33*	1.48±0.28	1.38±0.25	1.64±0.28
LDL (mM)	0.25±0.03	0.58±0.19**	0.51±0.12	0.41±0.18	0.49±0.14
HDL (mM)	0.65±0.03	0.48±0.09**	0.45±0.09	0.45±0.09	0.51±0.08
TG (mM)	0.79±0.17	1.21±0.10***	1.11±0.32	0.93±0.29#	0.73±0.27##
FFA (mM)	0.43±0.27	0.70±0.32**	0.62±0.29	0.51±0.41#	0.49±0.12##

TC, total cholesterol; LDL, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; FFA, free fatty acid. Values are expressed as mean ± SE of 6 rats.

*P < 0.05

**P < 0.01

***P < 0.001 vs. normal group

^#P < 0.05

^##P < 0.01

^###P < 0.001 vs. model group, significantly different from the HFD rats.