Table 1. Effect of α-MLT treatment (1 mg/ml in drinking water for 4 weeks) on serum lipid profile, kidney function and liver function in wild type mice on the high-fat diet.

	Control	Treated	P value
Lipid profile
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	145 ± 4	106 ± 3	0.0001
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	73 ± 5	97 ± 17	0.1
Kidney function
BUN (mg/dl)	28.6 ± 2.9	34.2 ± 2.6	0.1
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.25 ± 0.03	0.30 ± 0.04	0.2
Liver function
Total protein (g/dl)	4.78 ± 0.09	4.25 ± 0.06	0.001
Albumin (g/dl)	2.25 ± 0.05	1.90 ± 0.04	0.001
Globulin (g/dl)	2.53 ± 0.05	2.35 ± 0.09	0.06
AST (U/I)	70.5 ± 7.0	79.5 ± 16.3	0.32
Total bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.5 ± 0.1	0.6 ± 0.1	0.56

Values are means ± S.E.M (N = 5 mice/group).

At the end of the treatment period, blood was collected from control (i.e. untreated) and treated mice to prepare serum, which was used for analysis.