Antiatherogenic Potential of Nigella sativa Seeds and Oil in Diet-Induced Hypercholesterolemia in Rabbits

Table 4

Changes in plasma TG levels (mmol L⁻¹) at 0 week, after feeding of 1.0% cholesterol for 3 weeks and after 2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks of treatment.

Group	Week 0	HC induction for 3 weeks	Treatment period (weeks)
			2	4	6	8
NC	0.57 ± 0.2^a	0.64 ± 0.4^a	0.54 ± 0.2	0.72 ± 0.2	0.52 ± 0.27	0.64 ± 0.4
PC	0.33 ± 0.07^b	0.32 ±± 0.1^a	0.61 ± 0.4^a	1.02 ± 0.8^a	0.79 ± 0.6^a	0.42 ± 0.1^a
NSO	0.22 ± 0.2^b	0.37 ± 0.1^a	0.60 ± 0.3^a	0.30 ± 0.2^a	0.54 ± 0.1^a	0.40 ± 0.07^a
NSP	0.34 ± 0.2^b	0.72 ± 0.4^a	0.51 ± 0.2^a	0.46 ± 0.2^a	0.50 ± 0.1^a	0.40 ± 0.2^a
ST	0.32 ± 0.2^b	0.39 ± 0.1^a	0.51 ± 0.2^a	0.65 ± 0.4^a	0.43 ± 0.2^a	0.28 ± 0.1^a

Within a column, values with the same superscript letters are not significantly different from each other at 𝑃<.05. Comparison of plasma TG (mmol L⁻¹) values at various times.