Effects of Methanol Extract of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) on Atherogenic Indices and Redox Status of Cellular System of Hypercholesterolemic Male Rats

Table 6

Changes in serum lipid profile of hypercholesterolemic rats treated with methanol extract of Artocarpus  altilis for nine weeks.

Treatment	Total chol.	Triglyceride; (mg/dL)	LDL-C	HDL-C
Control	325.07±7.71	416.51±24.92	211.40±9.03	242.13±29.55
HC	680.81±16.42^∗	701.77±18.63^∗	376.55±13.71^∗	150.39±32.49^∗
HC + AA1	511.19±13.99^∗∗	521.44±15.13^∗∗	366.04±14.21	110.15±14.00
HC + AA2	464.07±16.65^∗∗	484.88±11.03^∗∗	257.39±16.50^∗∗	228.52±16.67^∗∗
HC + QUE	378.71±12.59	452.46±13.17	308.28±10.95	223.01±14.67
QUE	411.33±16.72	409.51±14.08	298.72±16.19	176.19±51.72
AA2	345.54±11.01	438.69±18.63	228.18±10.21	242.78±17.18

Values are means ± SD of 5 animals per group; HC: cholesterol at 30 mg/0.3 mL.
AA1: Artocarpus  altilis at 100 mg/kg, AA2: Artocarpus  altilis at 200 mg/kg, and QUE: Questran at 0.26 g/kg,
*Significantly different from control (𝑃<0.05).
**Significantly different from HC (𝑃<0.05).