Hypocholesterolemic and Antiatherosclerotic Potential of Basella alba Leaf Extract in Hypercholesterolemia-Induced Rabbits

Table 1

Changes on body weight of rabbits between different groups.

Group	Body weight (kg)
	Initial	Final	Change
G1	1.61 ± 0.16	2.22 ± 0.09	0.61 ± 0.13
G2	1.65 ± 0.17	2.55 ± 0.13	0.90 ± 0.06
G3	1.63 ± 0.10	2.31 ± 0.14	0.68 ± 0.08
G4	1.75 ± 0.15	2.48 ± 0.13	0.73 ± 0.10
G5	1.84 ± 0.06	2.54 ± 0.16	0.70 ± 0.19

G1: normal control, G2: hypercholesterolemic control, G3: simvastatin-treated (10 mg/kg), G4: B. alba extract-treated (100 mg/kg), and G5: B. alba extract-treated (200 mg/kg). All data are presented as the mean ± SD ( for each group). Significantly different from others ( < 0.05).