Antiatherosclerosis Properties of Total Saponins of Garlic in Rats

Table 1

Effects of TSG on serum lipid levels in rats.

Group	TC (mM)	TG (mM)	HDL-C (mM)	LDL-C (mM)
Control	1.684 ± 0.211 C	0.087 ± 0.012 AB	1.332 ± 0.220	0.181 ± 0.073 C
Model	4.542 ± 0.987 A	0.108 ± 0.025 A	1.553 ± 0.380	0.770 ± 0.322 A
Simvastatin	2.950 ± 0.584 B	0.069 ± 0.018 B	1.709 ± 0.290	0.359 ± 0.162 B
0.6 g/kg TSG	3.463 ± 0.633 B	0.083 ± 0.016 AB	1.599 ± 0.344	0.470 ± 0.323 AB
1.2 g/kg TSG	3.164 ± 0.755 B	0.084 ± 0.023 AB	1.557 ± 0.260	0.334 ± 0.196 B
2.4 g/kg TSG	3.143 ± 0.776 B	0.074 ± 0.019 B	1.468 ± 0.196	0.225 ± 0.138 B

Data are presented as mean ± SD, (n = 12). Values with different capital letters in a column are significantly different () from each other.