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Table 7 Effect of the aqueous extract of C occidentalis on bilirubin, Faecal cholesterol and blood urea

From: Hypolipidemic, antioxidant and anti-atherosclerogenic effect of aqueous extract leaves of Cassia. occidentalis Linn (Caesalpiniaceae) in diet-induced hypercholesterolemic rats

Experimental groups

Parameters (mg/dL)

Bilirubin

Urea

Creatinin

Faecal cholesterol

HC rats + dH2O

0,87 ± 0,18

0.47 ± 0.02

0.41 ± 0.02

5,58 ± 1,04

HC +4 weeks treatment

240 mg/kg

0,90 ± 0,12

0.31 ± 0.04*

0.26 ± 0.04*

11,47 ± 0,75*

320 mg/kg

0,89 ± 0,14

0.28 ± 0.05*

0.24 ± 0.05*

14,11 ± 1,6*

400 mg/kg

0,91 ± 0,15

0.26 ± 0.03*

0.22 ± 0.03*

15,04 ± 1,98*

HC + Atorvastatin

1 mg/kg

0,92 ± 0,11

0.27 ± 0.03

0.28 ± 0.03*

15,96 ± 1,64*

NC rats

0,94 ± 0,13

0.35 ± 0.03

0.25 ± 0.03

1,04 ± 0,27

  1. Data are represented as mean ± standard error of mean, n = 5. One-way ANOVA + LSD test against dH2O: distilled rats: *P < 0.05
  2. HC Hypercholesterolemic rats, NC Normo-cholesterolemic rats