Table 2.

Effects of ethylene acetate extract of Bidens pilosa on lipid profile

Parameters	Treatments
	Vehicle (10 ml/kg)	L-NAME	L-NAME + Bp (75 mg/kg)	L-NAME +Bp (150 mg/kg)	L-NAME + Los (25 mg/kg)
Total Chol (mmol/L)	1.14 ± 0.10	1.22 ± 0.07	1.13 ± 0.12	1.00 ± 0.14	1.18 ± 0.05
HDL chol (mmol/L)	0.91 ± 0.13	0.66 ± 0.10a	0.83 ± 0.11α	0.72 ± 0.16	0.78 ± 0.09
LDL chol (mmol/L)	0.24 ± 0.06	0.56 ± 0.08a	0.30 ± 0.04	0.29 ± 0.03β	0.40 ± 0.12
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.61 ± 0.06	1.54 ± 0.05b	0.75 ± 0.27α	0.33 ± 0.11β	0.64 ± 0.22β
Atherogenic index (mmol/L)	0.34 ± 0.01	0.67 ± 0.07a	0.39 ± 0.08α	0.28 ± 0.05β	0.51 ± 0.07

Each value represents a means ± S.E.M. of 6 rats; ^a P < 0.05 ^bP < 0.01, significantly different compared to normal rats. ^α P < 0.05, ^βP < 0.01, significantly different compared to L-NAME hypertensive rats