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Table 1 Effects of the methanol extract from C. zeylanicum on lipid profile in L-NAME hypertensive rats

From: Acute and chronic antihypertensive effects of Cinnamomum zeylanicum stem bark methanol extract in L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats

Treatment

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)

Atherogenic index

Control

53.48 ± 3.36

50.63 ± 2.07

48.76 ± 3.13

5.51 ± 3.68

1.06 ± 0.31

L-NAME

81.10 ± 3.80β

83.13 ± 4.02γ

17.57 ± 2.82β

38.52 ± 4.29β

5.35 ± 0.48γ

L-N + Capto

45.74 ± 3.36**

48.12 ± 2.09***

40.40 ± 3.32**

4.50 ± 3.96***

1.50 ± 0.70***

L-N + MECZ

50.16 ± 3.33*

56.46 ± 5.29***

42.26 ± 3.83**

9.50 ± 3.08***

1.41 ± 0.18***

  1. n = 5; βp < 0.01 and γp < 0.001 significantly different compared to the control; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001 significantly different compared to L-NAME. L-NAME group received only L-NAME 40 mg/kg/day. L-N + Capto received L-NAME plus captopril (20 mg/kg/day) while L-N + MECZ received L-NAME plus extract (300 mg/kg/day).