Table 5.

Planimetric Dimensions of Ascending Aorta of ethanolic pod Extract of Prosopis cineraria Treated Intact Rabbits (Mean of 5 Values ± SEM)

Treatment Groups	Total Wall Area	Lumen	Plaque
Control (Gr.1)	49.42 ± 1.99	50.74 ± 1.44	Nil
Hypercholesterolemic (Gr.2)	78.16 ± 3.61c	32.21 ± 2.52c	18.59 ± 1.01 c
Ethanolic pod extract of P. cineraria (Gr.3)	57.21 ± 5.01 c	44.11 ± 3.23 c, g	4.89 ± 1.38 c, g
Atorvastatin (Gr.4)	53.29 ± 1.01c, g	49.31 ± 2.44c, g	1.31 ± 0.02 c, g

Data are means ± S.E.M. (n = 5); a P ≤ 0.05; b P ≤ 0.01; c P ≤ 0.001; and d nonsignificant as compared to the respective control values. g P ≤ 0.001 and h nonsignificant as compared to the respective values of the Chol diet fed group