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Table 6.

Effect of corn silk aqueous extract on serum lipid profile of Wistar rats (n = 5, X ± SD).

Indices	Control	Extract (mg/kg body weight)
		100	200	400
TC (mmol/L)	255.00 ± 17.30^a	204.02 ± 18.20^b	183.13 ± 15.50^c	203.54 ± 19.20^b
TAG (mmol/L)	355.21 ± 15.19^a	190.91 ± 10.31^b	252.50 ± 10.66^c	260.04 ± 18.45^c
HDL-C (mmol/L)	131.25 ± 11.47^a	165.02 ± 15.25^b	175.33 ± 17.10^b	141.27 ± 10.14^a
LDL-C (mmol/L)	75.02 ± 7.30^a	29.51 ± 4.20^b	33.01 ± 5.50^b	70.20 ± 7.20^a
Artherogenic index	0.57 ± 0.07^a	0.18 ± 0.01^b	0.19 ± 0.06^b	0.50 ± 0.05^a

Values with different superscripts along the same row for each parameter are significantly different (p < 0.05). TC, total cholesterol; TAG, triacylglycerol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.