Comparison between the Hypolipidemic Activity of Parsley and Carob in Hypercholesterolemic Male Rats
Table 4
Effect of administration of 20% (w/w) parsley and carob methanol extracts for 8 weeks on serum liver enzymes, lactate dehydrogenase, and creatine kinase-MB in hypercholesterolemic male rats.
Parameters
Statistics
G1 negative control
G2 positive control
G3 20% w/w parsley methanol extract
G4 20% w/w carob methanol extract
ALT U/l
Mean ± SE
24.00 ± 1.06
65.00 ± 0.57
47.66 ± 0.55
56.16 ± 0.70
LSD 0.05 = 1.471
-test
—
−60.01
28.20
53.00
AST U/l
Mean ± SE
25.33 ± 1.76
77.50 ± 0.99
53.16 ± 0.87
66.83 ± 0.70
LSD 0.05 = 3.298
-test
—
−27.64
19.37
12.64
ALP U/l
Mean ± SE
160.33 ± 4.09
282.00 ± 4.47
188.67 ± 2.74
229.50 ± 3.87
LSD 0.05 = 12.378
-test
—
−16.83
18.35
7.39
Lactate dehydrogenase U/l
Mean ± SE
179.00 ± 4.50
449.33 ± 3.12
223.83 ± 1.70
367.17 ± 12.05
LSD 0.05 = 17.474
-test
—
−54.23
60.73
8.03
Creatine kinase-MB ug/ml
Mean ± SE
20.76 ± 0.81
21.01 ± 0.72
20.95 ± 0.78
20.93 ± 0.77
LSD 0.05 = 1.970
-test
—
−0.32
0.06
0.11
Data are represented as mean ± SE. -test values; significant at . ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at , whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at . LSD: least significant difference; NS: nonsignificant.
