Research Article

Antioxidant and Hypolipidemic Potential of Aged Garlic Extract and Its Constituent, S-Allyl Cysteine, in Rats

Table 1

Effect of AGE and SAC on serum triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), HDL, LDL, and LDL/HDL ratio (AI).

TreatmentTG (mg/dL)TC (mg/dL)HDL (mg/dL)LDL (mg/dL)AI

NFD control
 NFD + AGE-L
 NFD + AGE-H
 NFD + SAC-L
 NFD + SAC-H
HFD control
 HFD + AGE-L
 HFD + AGE-H
 HFD + SAC-L
 HFD + SAC-H

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM of eight rats. AGE-L: low dose of AGE, 2 mL/kg; AGE-H: high dose of AGE, 5 mL/kg; SAC-L: low dose of SAC, 13.1 mg/kg; and SAC-H: high dose of SAC, 32.76 mg/kg.
Symbols represent statistical significance.
; and NFD fed versus NFD control and HFD fed versus HFD control respectively. aaaP < 0.001 NFD control versus HFD control.