Effect of Locally Manufactured Niger Seed Oil on Lipid Profile Compared to Imported Palm and Sunflower Oils on Rat Models

Table 1

The effect of niger seed oil, sunflower oil, and palm oil on blood serum total cholesterol, TAG, HDL-c, and LDL-c at the end of study period.

Group	HDL-c (mmol/l)	LDL-c (mmol/l)	Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	TAG; (mmol/l)
Control; (feed with normal pellet)	0.31 ± 0.01	0.17 ± 0.01	1.16 ± 0.02	0.74 ± 0.0.01
Feed with 15% niger seed oil	0.29 ± 0.03	0.19 ± 0.02	1.04 ± 0.03	0.34 ± 0.01
Feed with 15% sunflower oil	0.26 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.01	0.82 ± 0.02	0.36 ± 0.02
Feed with 15% palm oil	0.42 ± 0.03	0.26 ± 0.03	1.4 ± 0.003	0.81 ± 0.02

Data were expressed as means ± SD (). Values with different letters within the same column are statistically significant.