Soy Isoflavones Ameliorate Metabolic and Immunological Alterations of Ovariectomy in Female Wistar Rats: Antioxidant and Estrogen Sparing Potential

Table 3

Effect of soy isoflavones on serum lipid profile, ghrelin, calcitonin, ionized calcium, inorganic phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) among experimental groups.

Parameters	G1 (OVX/casein)	G2 (OVX/soy)	G3 (sham/soy)
HDL-C (mg/dL)	10.19 ± 0.41^a	12.58 ± 0.44^b	14.01 ± 0.20^b
LDL-C (mg/dL)	65.72 ± 1.96^a	55.08 ± 0.94^b	51.31 ± 4.72^b
TG (mg/dL)	109.80 ± 4.85^a	83.65 ± 8.49^b	83.15 ± 2.21^b
TC (mg/dL)	66.85 ± 2.41^a	58.32 ± 1.27^b	55.89 ± 2.87^b
Ghrelin (pg/mL)	545.80 ± 3.49^a	370.80 ± 6.55^b	369.50 ± 13.87^b
Calcitonin (pg/mL)	172.46 ± 5.98^b	249.90 ± 4.19^a	252.83 ± 2.50^a
Resistin (ng/mL)	0.87 ± 0.05^a	0.59 ± 0.04^b	0.61 ± 0.04^b
Ionized Ca^+2 (mg/dL)	6.77 ± 0.35^a	5.77 ± 0.19^b	5.19 ± 0.30^b
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	6.04 ± 0.12^a	5.10 ± 0.33^b	4.98 ± 0.37^b
ALP (IU/L)	126.00 ± 5.12^b	190.80 ± 12.88^a	179.3 ± 3.57^a

^a-bMeans in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (); values are presented as .