Effects of Alcoholic Extracts of Bangladeshi Mangrove Acanthus ilicifolius Linn. (Acanthaceae) Leaf and Stem on Atherogenic Model of Wistar Albino Rats

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Anticoagulant effect of A. ilicifolius in rats; activated partial thromboplastin time assay (a) and prothrombin time assay (b). Results are expressed in mean ± SEM (n = 6). indicates statistically significant and (η) indicates non-significant difference from HFD group using ANOVA, followed by Dunnett’s multiple comparison test ( < 0.05,  < 0.01) where treatment groups were compared with Group II (atherogenic control). Group I = normal control, Group II = atherogenic control (HFD), Group IV = atherogenic control + Warfarin 2 mg/kg, Group V = atherogenic control + 250 mg/kg ethanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (leaf), Group VI = atherogenic control + 500 mg/kg ethanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (leaf), Group VII = atherogenic control + 250 mg/kg methanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (leaf), Group VIII = atherogenic control + 500 mg/kg methanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (leaf), Group IX = atherogenic control + 200 mg/kg methanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (stem), Group X = atherogenic control + 400 mg/kg methanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (stem), Group XI = atherogenic control + 200 mg/kg ethanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (stem), Group XII = atherogenic control + 400 mg/kg ethanolic extract of A. ilicifolius (stem).

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