Nigella sativa Fixed and Essential Oil Supplementation Modulates Hyperglycemia and Allied Complications in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

Effects of diets containing NSFO and NSEO on cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and triglycerides levels in diabetic rats.

Parameters	Diets	Study intervals (days)
		0	28	56
Cholesterol; (mg/dL)	D1 (control)	106.56±3.42^de	130.37±4.22^b	147.76±4.30^a
	D2 (NSFO)	110.36±2.81^cd	108.90±1.98^cd	98.97±2.08^e
	D3 (NSEO)	116.31±1.42^c	113.92±3.36^c	105.97±4.70^de
HDL; (mg/dL)	D1 (control)	38.36±2.21	36.79±1.19	37.40±1.90
	D2 (NSFO)	40.45±1.69	42.46±1.43	42.68±1.88
	D3 (NSEO)	39.08±1.49	41.79±2.03	41.82±1.86
LDL; (mg/dL)	D1 (control)	47.71±2.75^d	72.79±2.36^b	83.41±4.23^a
	D2 (NSFO)	51.13±2.14^c	48.54±1.63^d	38.99±1.72^e
	D3 (NSEO)	57.44±2.19^c	53.20±2.59^c	46.02±2.04^d
Triglycerides; (mg/dL)	D1 (control)	102.45±5.91^b	103.96±3.37^b	130.34±6.61^a
	D2 (NSFO)	93.89±3.93^d	89.50±3.01^e	86.48±3.81^e
	D3 (NSEO)	98.94±3.77^c	94.64±4.61^d	93.67±4.16^d

Means sharing same letters in a column/row do not differ significantly at 𝑃<0.05.