Table 6.

Effects of sub-chronic oral administration of ICR on the lipid profile of males rats

Males	ICR (mg/kg b.w.)
	Control	250	500	1000
TC (mmol/L)	1.499 ± 0.100	1.699 ± 0.008 ns	1.876 ± 0.062 ns	1.378 ± 0.034 ns
TG (mmol/L)	1.167 ± 0.072	1.21 ± 0.028ns	1.435 ± 0.221 ns	1.248 ± 0.157 ns
HDL (mmol/L)	2.193 ± 0.088	2.13 ± 0.052 ns	2.425 ± 0.034ns	2.043 ± 0.199ns
LDL (mmol/L)	0.537 ± 0.110	0.343 ± 0.016*	0.5233 ± 0.023 ns	0.645 ± 0.024 ns

Results were expressed as Mean ± SEM for n = 5 animals per group. *:Significantly different from the control at p < 0.05

TC Total cholesterol, TG Total triglyceride, HDL High density lipoprotein, LDL Low density lipoprotein, ns non significative, ICR methanol extract of the roots of Imperata cylindrica