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

Table 5

Percentage of lesion area in the experimental rabbits.

Group	Whole area of the aorta (cm^2)	Area of the Atheroma (cm^2)	%Lesion area
PC	7.53 ± 0.15	0.80 ± 0.12	10.63 ± 1.44^a
NSP	6.62 ± 0.26	0.16 ± 0.07	2.53 ± 1.06^b
NSO	7.21 ± 0.69	0.16 ± 0.47	2.19 ±0.88^b
ST	6.71 ± 1.03	0.27 ±0.45	3.97 ± 0.47^b

Effects of N. sativa and simvastatin treatments on plaque formation in the intraluminal surface of the abdominal aorta. Values are means ± SD (𝑛=5). Within a column, values with the same superscript letters are not significantly different from each other (𝑃<.05).