Table 2.

Blood serum atherogenicity after licorice root powder administration.

	Control	0 h	2 h	4 h	6 h
Intracellular cholesterol, µg/mg	17.0	28.7 *	21.5 **	19.9 **	20.0 **
	(3.0)	(6.1)	(7.7)	(5.4)	(4.7)
Intracellular cholesterol, % from control	100	170 *	124 **	118 **	117 **
		(29)	(30)	(28)	(15)

*, significant difference at p < 0.001 compared to cholesterol content in control cells incubated without tested serum; **, significant changes at p < 0.001 compared to cholesterol content in cells incubated with tested serum before licorice root powder preparation administration.