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. 2017 Aug 30;2017:4317321. doi: 10.1155/2017/4317321

Table 3.

Effects of methanolic leaf extracts of the plants on glucose levels and lipid profiles in progesterone-induced obese mice.

Treatment Biochemical Parameters
Glucose TG TC HDL-C LDL-C
Normal 5.12 ± 0.27a 0.74 ± 0.11a 1.08 ± 0.16a 0.52 ± 0.19a 0.22 ± 0.03a
Progesterone (10 mg/kgbw) 6.58 ± 0.28a 1.00 ± 0.2a 1.78 ± 0.36a 0.54 ± 0.22a 0.40 ± 0.08a
Orlistat (10 mg/kgbw) 5.54 ± 0.30a 0.92 ± 0.08a 1.50 ± 0.15a 0.60 ± 0.07a 0.42 ± 0.15a
A. dubius (200 mg/kg/bw) 6.32 ± 0.76a 0.96 ± 0.07a 1.50 ± 0.09a 0.60 ± 0.07a 0.54 ± 0.14a
A. dubius (400 mg/kg/bw) 5.20 ± 0.22a 0.72 ± 0.10a 1.78 ± 0.22a 0.74 ± 0.24a 0.40 ± 0.04a
C. pepo (200 mg/kg/bw) 5.80 ± 0.19a 1.00 ± 0.06a 1.08 ± 0.08a 0.58 ± 0.16a 0.22 ± 0.03a
C. pepo (400 mg/kg/bw) 5.78 ± 0.97a 0.94 ± 0.04a 1.24 ± 0.16a 0.54 ± 0.09a 0.28 ± 0.02a
V. unguiculata (200 mg/kg/bw) 5.52 ± 0.56a 0.88 ± 0.05a 1.36 ± 0.04a 0.60 ± 0.00a 0.62 ± 0.15a
V. unguiculata (400 mg/kg/bw) 5.32 ± 0.17a 0.82 ± 0.06a 1.28 ± 1.02a 0.62 ± 0.03a 0.26 ± 0.05a

Values expressed as Mean ± SEM for five animals per group. Statistical comparisons were made within a column and values with the same superscript letter are not significantly different by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's post hoc test (p > 0.05).