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Table 4 Effect of flavone from Mucuna pruriens and coumarin from Ionidium suffruticosum on tissues free cholesterol profile in control and experimental rats

From: Comparative evaluation of flavone from Mucuna pruriens and coumarin from Ionidium suffruticosum for hypolipidemic activity in rats fed with high Fat diet

Groups

Free cholesterol (mg/g tissue)

Liver

Heart

Aorta

Group I

0.65±0.01b*

0.69± 0.01b*

0.40±0.01b*

Group II

1.24±0.01a**

1.17±0.03 a*

1.86±0.02a*

Group III

0.89 ±0.01a*,b**

0.12±0.01a**,b*

0.73±0.01a*,b*

Group IV

0.73±0.01a*,b*

0.66±0.01a*,b*

0.62±0.01a*,b*

Group V

0.81±0.04a*,b*

0.64±0.04a*,b*

0.63±0.04a*,b*

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SE (n=6 rats); P values: * < 0.001, ** < 0.05; NS: Non Significant; a →group I compared with groups II, III, IV, V; b →group II compared with groups III, IV, V; Details of group I-V are same as in Table1.