Simvastatin Does Not Affect Nitric Oxide Generation Increased by Sesame Oil in Obese Zucker Rats

Table 1

Lipid profile.

	CHOL	TG	HDL	LDL
Z-lean-C	2.76 ± 0.06	2.55 ± 0.73	7.30 ± 0.51	1.97 ± 0.15
Z-lean + SO	3.84 ± 0.78	6.36 ± 3.84	10.33 ± 3.10	4.23 ± 1.81
Z-fa/fa-C	6.07 ± 0.13	8.34 ± 0.85	24.55 ± 4.87	10.30 ± 2.76
Z-fa/fa + SO	5.99 ± 0.32	9.76 ± 1.79	18.05 ± 1.08	7.83 ± 1.20
Z-fa/fa + SO + SIM	4.98 ± 0.41	9.63 ± 2.05	14.12 ± 1.35	7.24 ± 1.69

Data are means ± SEM from 6 animals in each group. Z-lean-C: Zucker lean rats; Z-lean + SO: Zucker lean rats treated with sesame oil; Z-fa/fa-C: control Zucker fatty rats; Z-fa/fa + SO: Zucker fatty rats treated with sesame oil; Z-fa/fa + SO + SIM: Zucker fatty rats treated with sesame oil and simvastatin; CHOL: cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein. versus Z-fa/fa-C.