Table 1.

Effect of ETD on plasma, liver and kidney lipid profile.

Treatment and Dose	Plasma	Liver	Kidney
Cholesterol (mmol/L)
Control	1.33±0.25	0.70±0.42	0.15±0.02
Vitamin C (10 mg/kg)	1.25±0.36	0.59±0.02	0.20±0.11
ETD (500 mg/kg)	1.38±0.25	0.64±0.27	0.14±0.07
ETD (1000 mg/kg)	1.35±0.29	0.67±0.18	0.13±0.02
ETD (1500 mg/kg)	1.18±0.49*	0.63±0.31	0.17±0.09
High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)
Control	1.12±0.27	0.12±0.07	0.05±0.04
Vitamin C (10 mg/kg)	1.69±0.16*	0.16±0.02	0.09±0.09
ETD (500 mg/kg)	1.62±0.20*	0.22±0.09	0.04±0.02
ETD (1000 mg/kg)	1.64±0.22*	0.18±0.02	0.05±0.02
ETD (1500 mg/kg)	1.73±0.11*	0.15±0.07	0.07±0.04
Triglyceride (mmol/L)
Control	2.32±0.20	1.27±0.20	0.25±0.31
Vitamin C (10 mg/kg)	2.50±0.36	1.24±0.56	0.25±0.27
ETD (500 mg/kg)	2.36±0.25	1.18±0.45	0.22±0.11
ETD (1000 mg/kg)	2.28±0.38	1.24±0.25	0.19±0.16
ETD (1500 mg/kg)	2.66±0.27	1.13±0.27	0.16±0.07
Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)
Control	0.62±0.40	0.54±0.51	0.11±0.11
Vitamin C (10 mg/kg)	0.43±0.34	0.46±0.45	0.08±0.07
ETD (500 mg/kg)	0.53±0.25	0.56±0.27	0.09±0.04
ETD (1000 mg/kg)	0.47±0.18	0.49±0.34	0.11±0.11
ETD (1500 mg/kg)	0.48±0.11	0.53±0.42	0.13±0.11

Data are expressed as mean ± S.D. (n = 5). Values denoted with (*) down a column are significantly different at p< 0.05 when compared with control group