Improvement in Menopause-Associated Hepatic Lipid Metabolic Disorders by Herbal Formula HPC03 on Ovariectomized Rats

Table 2

Effect of HPC03 serum transaminase activities and lipid profiles in ovariectomized rats.

Contents/group	SHAM	OVX	E2	HPC03 (mg/kg)
				50	100	200
ALT (unit/mL)	97.6 ± 15.5	132.0 ± 6.1	105.6 ± 24.0	123.0 ± 4.02	118.2 ± 9.1	76.5 ± 16.3
AST (unit/mL)	27.0 ± 4.03	38.0 ± 5.0	28.3 ± 5.0	37.0 ± 2.0	33.0 ± 1.0	31.0 ± 2.0
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	75.0 ± 6.1	166.6 ± 21.5	106.3 ± 18.2	116.4 ± 40.0	120.3 ± 28.0	113.7 ± 17.7
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	96.3 ± 12.4	145.3 ± 21.5	130.6 ± 17.9	110.8 ± 7.5	121.4 ± 10.0	117.2 ± 22.3

At the end of the treatment period, the blood was collected for serum, and then, the ALT, AST, triglyceride (TG), and total cholesterol (TC) were measured as described in Materials and Methods. The results are presented as mean ± SD. Significant differences compared with the OVX group are indicated by or .