Crude Ethanol Extract of Pithecellobium ellipticum as a Potential Lipid-Lowering Treatment for Hypercholesterolaemia

Table 1

Percentage of inhibition of UNMC 35L crude extract.

Sample	Specific activity (units/mg protein)	% inhibition
H crude extract^A	5.668 ± 2.9^a	0
EA crude extract^A	3.638 ± 3.0^b	0
E crude extract^A	0.260 ± 0.6^ac	80.9
W crude extract^A	0.503 ± 0.5^ad	63.1
Positive control (pravastatin)^B	0.298 ± 0.3^abe	78.1
Negative control	1.363 ± 0.5^af	0

Values with the same letter are significantly different P < 0.05 by Tukey’s multiple comparison tests.
Results are demonstrated as average ± standard deviation (n = 2 : 3 different experiments).
ACrude extracts are prepared at a concentration of 500 𝜇g/mL.
BPravastatin is prepared at a concentration of 0.223 𝜇g/mL.