The Efficiency of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Bran in Ameliorating Blood and Treating Fatty Heart and Liver of Male Rats

Table 4

Effect of barley bran supplementation for 8 weeks on serum lipids of hypercholesterolemic male rats.

Parameters	Statistics	G1	G2	G3	G4
		−ve control	+ve control	5% barley bran	10% barley bran
S.TC; mg%	Mean ± SE	132.67 ± 2.83^a	292.83 ± 1.42^d	238.83 ± 1.70^b	200.83 ± 3.21^c
	LSD 0.05 = 7.438
	-test
S.T.G; mg/dL	Mean ± SE	95.50 ± 1.17^a	275.33 ± 1.05^d	206.83 ± 1.95^b	125.67 ± 1.42^c
	LSD 0.05 = 18.502
	-test
S.HDLc; mg/dL	Mean ± SE	53.66 ± 1.30^a	25.66 ± 0.84^a	27.33 ± 0.21^c	38.50 ± 0.92^b
	LSD 0.05 = 2.855
	-test
S.LDLc; mg/dL	Mean ± SE	59.90 ± 2.12^a	212.10 ± 1.67^d	169.60 ± 1.72^b	137.20 ± 2.72^c
	LSD 0.05 = 6.702
	-test
V.LDLc; mg/dL	Mean ± SE	19.10 ± 0.23^a	55.06 ± 0.21^d	41.36 ± 0.39^b	25.16 ± 0.29^c
	LSD 0.05 = 0.916
	-test

Data are represented as mean ± SE. -test values; ^***. ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at , whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at . LSD: least significant difference.