Antiobesity Activities of Methanolic Extracts of Amaranthus dubius, Cucurbita pepo, and Vigna unguiculata in Progesterone-Induced Obese Mice

Table 3

Effects of methanolic leaf extracts of the plants on glucose levels and lipid profiles in progesterone-induced obese mice.

Treatment	Biochemical Parameters
	Glucose	TG	TC	HDL-C	LDL-C
Normal
Progesterone (10 mg/kgbw)
Orlistat (10 mg/kgbw)
A. dubius (200 mg/kg/bw)
A. dubius (400 mg/kg/bw)
C. pepo (200 mg/kg/bw)
C. pepo (400 mg/kg/bw)
V. unguiculata (200 mg/kg/bw)
V. unguiculata (400 mg/kg/bw)

Values expressed as Mean ± SEM for five animals per group. Statistical comparisons were made within a column and values with the same superscript letter are not significantly different by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test ().