Antiobesity Effects of an Edible Halophyte Nitraria retusa Forssk in 3T3-L1 Preadipocyte Differentiation and in C57B6J/L Mice Fed a High Fat Diet-Induced Obesity

Table 4

Blood constituents in CND, CHFD, HFD + PC, HFD + NR50, and HFD + NR100 groups after 4 weeks.

	CND	CHFD	HFD + PC	HFD + NR50	HFD + NR100
Serum total cholesterol (mg/dL)	134.00±4.65	174.00±8.64	154.00±4.10	182.00±1.55	170.00±5.59
Serum HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	66.00±4.65	80.00±1.55	64.00±1.55^∗∗	98.00±4.10^∗	92.00±4.10
Serum LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	9.00±1.22	16.50±2.03	6.00±0.00^∗∗	18.00±0.00	12.00±0.00^∗
Serum triglycerides (mg/dL)	16.00±3.11	22.00±1.63	22.00±1.63	10.00±1.63^∗	14.00±1.63^∗
Serum glucose (mg/dL)	102.00±14.97	200.00±4.10	146.00±1.63^∗∗	168.00±2.69^∗∗	153.00±9.41^∗
Serum TNF-α (pg/mL)	63.20±1.40	61.08±0.58	61.31±0.58	64.43±0.56	65.72±1.22

Data represent the mean ± SEM, ^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.005, when compared to the CHFD group (𝑛=5 per group).
CND: control normal diet fed group.
CHFD: control high-fat diet fed group.
HFD + PC: high-fat diet + positive control (Naringenin 10 mg/kg body weight).
HFD + NR50: high-fat diet + Nitraria retusa 50 mg/kg body weight.
HFD + NR100: high-fat diet + Nitraria retusa 100 mg/kg body weight.