A Hop Extract Lifenol® Improves Postmenopausal Overweight, Osteoporosis, and Hot Flash in Ovariectomized Rats

Table 1

Effects of hop extract (HE) and 17β-estradiol (E2) on the blood lipids in ovariectomized rats.

Treatment	Sham	OVX	Ex	HE30	HE100	E2
TG (mg/dl)	65 ± 6.2	114 ± 2.9	62 ± 2.5^#	94 ± 7.1	66 ± 6.6^#	102 ± 19.9
TC (mg/dl)	112 ± 10.3	155 ± 15.6	124 ± 16.0	136 ± 2.4	123 ± 2.8^#	90 ± 11.1^#
LDL (mg/dl)	20 ± 4.6	35 ± 4.4	28 ± 6.8	23.7 ± 0.8^#	26 ± 2.0^#	9.0 ± 3.61^#
HDL (mg/dl)	92 ± 6.9	117 ± 11.0	98 ± 11.7	107 ± 3.4	101 ± 2.0	77 ± 7.9^#
LDL/HDL (%)	20.6 ± 3.6	30.1 ± 1.6	27.5 ± 3.4	22.1 ± 0.6^#	25.6 ± 1.6	10.3 ± 3.4^#

OVX: ovariectomy, Ex: scheduled exercise training, HE30: hop extract 30 mg/kg, HE100: hop extract 100 mg/kg, TG: triglycerides, TC: total cholesterols, LDL: low-density lipoproteins, and HDL: high-density lipoproteins. Significantly different from Sham control (P < 0.05). ^#Significantly different from OVX alone (P < 0.05).