Research Article

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

Table 5

Levels of malondialdehyde, conjugated dienes, and lipid hydroperoxides in the liver of HFD-fed rats following the administration of aqueous extract of D. cumminsii leaves.

GroupMalondialdehydeConjugated dienes Lipid hydroperoxides

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 ten determinations and are considered statistically significant at . HFD: high-fat diet. Conjugated dienes, lipid hydroperoxides, malondialdehyde, and protein carbonyl are expressed as nmol/mg protein. Values with different alphabetical superscript are significantly different ().