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. 2017 Mar 20;22(3):488. doi: 10.3390/molecules22030488

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Effect of bitter melon (BM) extract on serum cardiovascular analytes in peripheral blood. Lean or Zucker Obese (ZO) rats (n = 10 animals in each group), fed daily by gavage, for six weeks with mucin–water vehicle, or BM extract of 400 mg/kg body weight. Peripheral blood samples collected from the jugular vein at the end of treatment periods, was analyzed for albumin (ALB2), alanine aminotransferase (ALTL), cholinesterase (CHE-2), total cholesterol (CHO2I), fructosamine (FRA), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), aspartate aminotransferase (SASTL), serum glucose (SGLU3), triglycerides (TRIG), serum urea (SUREA), serum creatinine (SCRE2) and total protein (S-TP2). Outcomes are expressed as the average content of each analyze in mmol/L ± SEM. Significance level of difference (p) between average outcome values shown in histograms, is p < 0.05, or less, indicated as follows: * p < 0.05 versus Lean IR values; $ p < 0.05 versus Lean BM values; ß p < 0.05 versus ZO values.