Antidyslipidemic, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antioxidant Activities of Aqueous Leaf Extract of Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels in High-Fat Diet-Fed Rats

Table 3

Lipid profile HFD-fed rats following oral administration of aqueous leaf extract of Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii.

Group	Total cholesterol	Triglyceride	VLDL cholesterol	LDL cholesterol	HDL cholesterol
Control
HFD
400 mg/kg body weight of extract
HFD + 100 mg/kg body weight extract
HFD + 200 mg/kg body weight extract
HFD + 400 mg/kg body weight extract
HFD + 400 mg/kg body weight metformin

Values are mean SEM of five determinations and are considered statistically significant at . VLDL cholesterol: very-low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL cholesterol: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL cholesterol: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HFD; high-fat diet. Concentrations of lipid profile parameters are expressed as mg/dL. Values with different alphabetical superscript are significantly different ().