Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Effects of Lipid Regulation Using Raw and Processed Radix Polygoni Multiflori in Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet

Table 3

Total cholesterol (TC) contents in blood samples.


Group	0D	6D	12D	18D	24D	30D	36D	42D

A	79.06 ± 11.88	84.70 ± 20.02	66.45 ± 9.115	91.77 ± 11.27	122.9 ± 31.84	73.16 ± 12.32	61.99 ± 10.06	61.48 ± 10.08
B	84.12 ± 8.411	176.4 ± 36.61***	165.4 ± 27.44**	262.6 ± 45.02***	359.9 ± 61.90***	296.0 ± 80.12***	290.8 ± 66.87***	290.1 ± 46.93***
C	83.40 ± 18.30	159.2 ± 26.99***	184.6 ± 84.74***	261.7 ± 41.11***	360.2 ± 84.24***	294.5 ± 111.8***	328.8 ± 126.5***	239.7 ± 69.45***
D	85.43 ± 18.49	161.2 ± 56.09***	194.6 ± 26.80^{***, #}	257.0 ± 32.58***	247.3 ± 54.32^{***, ###}	244.8 ± 41.50***	192.8 ± 33.40^{***, ##}	227.3 ± 39.93^{***, #}
E	80.97 ± 8.531	178.7 ± 42.40***	187.5 ± 55.53***	255.1 ± 27.57***	247.8 ± 74.33^{***, ##}	221.8 ± 54.88^{***, #}	198.2 ± 45.39^{***, ##}	227.6 ± 28.22^{***, ##}
F	89.7 ± 10.92*	143.4 ± 30.45^{***, #}	168.0 ± 28.74***	291.8 ± 72.83***	232.1 ± 95.54^{**, ##,††}	209.0 ± 57.89^{***, #}	182.8 ± 47.29^{***, ##,††}	212.3 ± 43.93^{***, ##}
G	88.61 ± 20.01	140.3 ± 26.14^{***, #}	209.8 ± 54.84^{***, #}	293.4 ± 47.51^***,†	227.2 ± 57.10^{***, ###}	216.3 ± 47.35^{***, #}	186.9 ± 104.9^{***, #}	188.0 ± 50.93^{***, ###}
H	90.65 ± 26.83	244.4 ± 87.23^{***, #,†}	211.1 ± 33.37^{***, ##}	296.5 ± 73.34***	237.5 ± 44.76^{***, ###}	219.9 ± 58.06^{***, #}	262.6 ± 60.32^***,†	299.4 ± 70.86^***,†
I	82.85 ± 7.949	183.6 ± 55.04***	227.7 ± 42.07^{***, ###}	274.7 ± 60.25***	235.5 ± 63.81^{***, ###}	238.4 ± 82.48***	239.5 ± 43.00***	263.3 ± 53.51***
J	78.25 ± 10.91	134.6 ± 17.74^{***, ##}	160.9 ± 22.66***	237.9 ± 32.93***	243.7 ± 40.02^{***, ###}	259.5 ± 61.93***	237.4 ± 91.13***	250.9 ± 34.42***

Total cholesterol (TC) contents were assayed by assay kits as described in the text.
Values were mean ± SD (n = 12) and expressed in mg/dL.
The * indicates a significant difference compared with control group, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.
The ^# indicates a significant difference compared with model group, ^#P < 0.05, ^##P < 0.01, ^###P < 0.001.
The ^† indicates a significant difference compared with PMR group (same dosage level, F compared with C, G compared to D, H compared to E), ^†P < 0.05, ^††P < 0.01.