Figure 6.

In vivo study of lipid profiles. A) Total cholesterol, B) LDL, C) HDL, and D) triglyceride levels of wistar rats treated with the standard diet for a week followed with a two-week treatment of the standard diet (1), oxidized peanut oil diet + unblanched white saffron (2), oxidized peanut oil diet + blanched white saffron (3), oxidized peanut oil diet + pressure-blanched white saffron (4), and oxidized peanut oil diet + aquadest (5). Data are presented as mean ± SD. Different notations indicate a significant difference, p ≤ 0.05.