Vitex agnus-castus L. (Verbenaceae) Improves the Liver Lipid Metabolism and Redox State of Ovariectomized Rats

Table 2

Serum and plasma biochemical analysis.

	Control	OVX	OVX + CE	OVX + ButF
Triacylglycerols	29.95 ± 2.359	33.80 ± 2.600	30.61 ± 1.913	29.33 ± 1.950
Total cholesterol	70.79 ± 4.689	76.08 ± 2.663	76.25 ± 1.986	74.34 ± 3.776
HDL-cholesterol	35.97 ± 2.263	35.67 ± 1.647	36.27 ± 1.592	35.29 ± 1.617
LDL-cholesterol	24.56 ± 1.431	34.00 ± 2.932	33.04 ± 1.463	32.01 ± 3.104
VLDL-cholesterol	6.336 ± 0.527	6.411 ± 0.570	6.121 ± 0.382	5.601 ± 0.498
FFA	0.971 ± 0.072	0.836 ± 0.076	0.924 ± 0.046	0.845 ± 0.044
Glycemia	106.7 ± 4.063	110.5 ± 2.819	113.3 ± 4.213	109.6 ± 2.812

Notes: triacylglycerols (mg/dL; = 6–9), total cholesterol (mg/dL; = 6–10), high-density lipoprotein (HDL-cholesterol; mg/dL; = 6–10), low-density lipoprotein (LDL-cholesterol; mg/dL; = 5–10), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL-cholesterol; mg/dL; = 7–11), free fatty acids (FFA; mg/dL; = 8), and glycemia (mg/dL; = 8–10) were expressed as the means ± SEM.