Research Article

Ipomea batatas Leaf Powder from Cameroon: Antioxidant Activity and Antihyperlipidemic Effect in Rats Fed with a High-Fat Diet

Table 3

Changes in serum lipid profile, aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT), alanine aminotransferase (ALAT), and serum creatinine in rats fed a high-fat diet supplemented or not with I. batatas leaf powder.

SamplesLipid profile and atherogenic index (AI)Hepatic and cardiac parameters
TG (mg/dL)T Chl (mg/dL)HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)AIASAT (UI/L)ALAT (UI/L)Creatinine (μmol/L)

TN-STD166.35 ± 1.00c64.40 ± 0.32b
TP-HFD
TP-HFD-Z2V2-5%
TP-HFD-Z2V2-10%
TP-HFD-Z3V2-5%
TP-HFD-Z3V2-10%

Values with different superscripts in the same column are statistically different (); ; . (Legend. TN-STD: the negative control standard died group receiving ad libitum a standard or normal diet; TP-HFD: the positive control high-fat diet group receiving ad libitum a high-fat diet; TP-HFD-Z2V2 5% and TP-HFD-Z2V2 10%: the positive control high-fat diet group receiving ad libitum a high-fat diet supplemented, respectively, with doses of 5 and 10% () of I. batatas leaf powder from Ngaoundere/white I. batatas IRAD-1112 Variety; TP-HFD-Z3V2 5% and TP-HFD-Z3V2 10%: the positive control high-fat diet group receiving ad libitum a high-fat diet supplemented, respectively, with doses of 5 and 10% () of I. batatas leaf powder from Foumban/white I. batatas IRAD-1112 Variety; TG: triglycerides; T Chl: total cholesterol).