Table 2.

Serum lipid profiles of rats in each group.

Group	Control	HCD	SIM (10 mg/kg)	EH (100 mg/kg)	EM (30 mg/kg)	EL (10 mg/kg)
Total-Cholesterol	2.36±0.13	5.73±0.89###	3.77±0.98##,***	4.42±0.87###,*	4.63±0.92##,*	4.53±0.56###,*
Triglyceride	0.70±0.04	0.73±0.09	0.68±0.08	0.71±0.19	0.54±0.10#,*	0.53±0.09#,*
LDL-C	0.35±0.13	1.00±0.09###	0.77±0.25###,*	0.95±0.14###	0.83±0.18###	0.59±0.22#,***
HDL-C	0.63±0.14	1.34±0.15###	1.41±0.15###	1.34±0.35###	1.40±0.17###	1.43±0.31###
Atherogenic index	2.21±0.30	3.54±0.66##	2.38±0.47**	2.64±0.68*	2.77±0.85*	2.59±0.23*

The values represent the average of 6 to 8 separate experiments standard deviation and expressed in mmol/L. HCD – high-cholesterol diet group; SIM – simvastatin group; EH – high-dose emodin group; EM – medium-dose emodin group; EL – low-dose emodin group; LDL-C – low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C – high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Atherogenic index=[(total-C)–(HDL-C)]/(HDL-C).

^#P<0.05,

^##P<0.01,

^###P<0.001 vs control group.

^*P<0.05,

^**P<0.01,

^***P<0.001 vs HCD group.