Aqueous Extract from Pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.) Attenuated Hyperlipidemia and Cardiac Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Mice

Table 4

Triglycerides (TG) and total cholesterol (TC) levels in plasma (mg/dL) and liver (mg/g protein) of normal (N), diabetic mice consuming normal diet (D), or 1% (D1), 2% (D2), 5% (D5) pepino at week 8.

	N	D	D1	D2	D5
Plasma
TG	86.68 ± 9.30^a	138.67 ± 17.98^c	111.64 ± 7.58^b	105.51 ± 9.69^b	88.95 ± 10.24^a
TC	122.74 ± 5.57^a	161.21 ± 7.59^b	152.61 ± 11.59^b	124.48 ± 6.72^a	123.62 ± 9.03^a
Liver
TG	116.56 ± 13.38^a	149.61 ± 10.66^b	119.17 ± 17.89^a	121.76 ± 15.45^a	114.51 ±  17.03^a
TC	30.68 ± 5.52^a	47.80 ± 6.51^b	42.16 ± 5.24^b	36.32 ± 6.07^a	35.42 ± 4.26^a

Value are represented as mean ± SD (𝑛=10). ^a−cMeans in a row without a common letter differ, 𝑃<0.05.