Table 4.

Effects of A. digitata extract on blood lipid profile of hypertensive rats.

	Normotensive control	Hypertensive ctrl	LN + captopril	LN + AD100	LN + AD200
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	65.24 ± 1.28	80.47 ± 1.61b	66.02 ± 1.70α	69.90 ± 2.14	59.42 ± 1.85δ
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	33.29 ± 1.57	51.07 ± 0.86c	28.98 ± 1.58δ	40.82 ± 6.69	37.94 ± 3.26β
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	30.28 ± 3.62	11.15 ± 0.64b	24.18 ± 3.27δ	18.87 ± 0.50	17.02 ± 2.69
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	28.21 ± 4.47	45.52 ± 3.65b	36.04 ± 3.31	42.87 ± 1.58	34.81 ± 2.81
Cardiac risk ratio	2.15	7.22a	2.73β	3.70δ	3.49δ
Atherogenic index	0.04	0.66	0.08	0.34	0.35

Data are mean ± SEM (N = 6 per group). ANOVA + the Tukey test: ^cp < 0.05, ^bp < 0.01, and ^ap < 0.001 vs. the normotensive control group; ^δp < 0.05, ^βp < 0.01, and ^αp < 0.001 vs. the hypertensive control group. AD100/AD200 = extract doses 100 or 200 mg/kg. LN = N-NAME.