Salvia libanotica improves glycemia and serum lipid profile in rats fed a high fat diet

Table 3 Fasting serum triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol (LDL), HDL-cholesterol (HDL) and HDL/LDL ratio after 6 weeks of S. libanotica intake

	Control	GI	GII	GIII
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	37.9 ± 1.7	39.8 ± 2.1	35.4 ± 4.8	38.3 ± 4.2
Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)	49.8 ± 2.8	50.2 ± 3.3	51.4 ± 4.8	54.5 ± 3.1
LDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)	15.6 ± 2.3	15.1 ± 3.0	11.2 ± 3.3	11.4 ± 3.2
HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)	27.2 ± 1.9	27.4 ± 2.5	31.2 ± 2.6	34.4 ± 2.4^*
HDL/LDL ratio	1.74 ± 0.18	1.81 ± 0.25	2.79 ± 0.32^*	3.02 ± 0.31^*

Data are presented as mean ± SEM, (n = 10). *corrected p-value ≤ 0.05 vs. control using ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test

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