Fig. 1

Body weights over the course of 6 weeks. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. Body weights of each group were compared by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s posttest. (* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01 compared with HCD). Vehicle; vehicle control, HCD; high-cholesterol diet control, CCGG-1X; high-cholesterol diet with 311 mg/kg/d of CCGG, CCGG-2X; high-cholesterol diet with 622 mg/kg/d of CCGG, CCGG-5X; high-cholesterol diet with 1555 mg/kg/d of CCGG