Research Article

Hepatoprotective and Antiviral Efficacy of Acacia mellifera Leaves Fractions against Hepatitis B Virus

Table 2

In vivo effect of A. mellifera (AM) crude ethanolic extract on CCl4-induced lipid profile changes.

Treatment groupDose mg/kgTC (mg/dL)TG (mg/dL)HDL-C (mg/dL)LDL-C (mg/dL) VLDL-C (mg/dL)

Normal88.09 ± 6.578.26 ± 4.0950.82 ± 1.2572.24 ± 6.3415.56 ± 0.65
CCl41.25 mL/kg212.69 ± 7.84***a184.05 ± 8.09***a22.14 ± 0.56***a175.80 ± 8.42***a36.81 ± 1.69***a
AM + CCl4250169.04 ± 11.25***b168.59 ± 9.17b28.26 ± 1.25**b135.22 ± 10.18*b33.71 ± 1.83b
AM + CCl4500136.50 ± 4.70***b117.37 ± 7.01***b36.76 ± 1.02***b112.89 ± 4.02***b23.47 ± 1.40***b
Silymarin + CCl410124.60 ± 5.94***b98.55 ± 5.60***b35.34 ± 1.81***b104.74 ± 5.93***b19.71 ± 1.12***b

All values represent mean ± SEM. *; **; ***; ANOVA, followed by Dunnett’s multiple comparison test. aAs compared with normal group. bAs compared with CCl4 only group.