Lipid-Lowering and Antioxidative Activities of Aqueous Extracts of Ocimum sanctum L. Leaves in Rats Fed with a High-Cholesterol Diet

Table 1

Dietary composition of normal and high-cholesterol diet.

Food ingredients	Normal diet	HC diet
	(g/100 g diet)	(g/100 g diet)
Crude protein	27	27
Soy bean oil	4.5	4.5
Fiber	5	5
Corn starch	58.5	49.5
Mineral mix	4.3	4.3
Vitamin mix	0.34	0.34
Choline chloride	0.15	0.15
Cholesterol powder	—	2.5
Cholic acid	—	0.6
Palm oil (mL)	—	6