Table 5.

Effect of Ficus deltoidea (FD) on serum lipid profile

(Mean values and standard deviations; n 7)

	Total cholesterol (mg/dl)§		TAG (mg/dl)§		HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)§		LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)§
Groups‡	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd
Normal control	62·9	6·34	51·0	8·96	28·5	3·80	19·3	2·40
Diabetic control	89·5*	6·15	87·5*	5·79	17·4*	3·3	42·2*	7·89
MET, 150 mg/kg	59·4†	5·19	57·8†	10·47	29·4†	2·66	20·8†	2·87
FD, 125 mg/kg	74·3*†	5·26	82·1*	10·30	25·0†	2·36	32·3*†	4·81
FD, 250 mg/kg	72·6†	9·45	86·3*	4·64	25·5†	4·70	32·5*†	1·75
FD, 500 mg/kg	69·9†	7·50	87·1*	6·28	30·4†	2·57	32·3*†	1·94

MET, metformin.

* Mean value was statistically significantly different from that of the normal control group (P ≤ 0·05).

† Mean value was statistically significantly different from that of the diabetic control group (P ≤ 0·05).

‡ Adult male Wistar rats received either distilled water (normal control) or streptozotocin (45 mg/kg) in citrate buffer (diabetic control) by intraperitoneal injection. Diabetic rats received FD (125, 250 or 500 mg/kg, orally), MET (150 mg/kg, orally) for 4 weeks, 48 h after induction of diabetes.

§ To convert cholesterol in mg/dl to mmol/l, multiply by 0·0259. To convert TAG in mg/dl to mmol/l, multiply by 0·0113.