Pluchea indica (L.) Less. Tea Ameliorates Hyperglycemia, Dyslipidemia, and Obesity in High Fat Diet-Fed Mice

Figure 4

Effect of PIT on serum lipid profile. NCD = normal control diet group; HFD = high fat diet group; PIL = PIT at 400 mg/kg/d; PIH = PIT at 600 mg/kg/d; SIM = simvastatin at 20 mg/kg/d. (a) Serum cholesterol, (b) serum LDL-C, (c) serum TG, and (d) serum HDL-C. Data are expressed as means ± SEM (n = 10). The significant differences between pre- and posttest in each group were compared using paired Student’s t-test at and . A significant difference between ANCOVA adjusted the posttreated level in each group, which means sharing the different superscript letters, and was compared using ANCOVA and Tukey’s HSD post hoc test at .

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