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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 3 Levels of Blood Glucose, Serum Insulin, Leptin and Lipid Profiles in Experimental Rats

From: Evaluation of anti-obesity potential of aqueous extract of Achyranthes aspera Linn. in high fat diet induced obese rats

Experimental Groups

Group I

Group II

Group III

Group IV

Group V

Group VI

Glucose (mg/dl)

73.63

± 1.90

147.56

± 2.55#

127.27

± 2.58

109.88

± 1.87

97.59

± 1.31*

73.59

± 2.06**

Insulin (μIU/ml)

3.55

± 0.20

7.20

± 0.27#

7.01

± 0.39

5.81

± 0.27

5.51

± 0.30*

3.87

± 0.27**

Leptin (ng/ml)

3.08

± 0.24

7.18

± 0.32#

6.71

± 0.18

5.97

± 0.33

5.23

± 0.40*

3.15

± 0.14**

TG (mg/dl)

67.75

± 1.99

163.83

± 2.4#

147.98

± 1.99

122.82

± 1.47

107.76

± 1.57*

72.9

± 0.97**

FFA (mg/dl)

22.92

± 2.08

43.71

± 1.93#

38.49

± 2.40

32.67

± 1.84

30.73

± 1.31*

21.90

± 1.03**

TC (mg/dl)

98.02

± 1.41

194.16

± 2.48#

174.2

± 2.63

156.53

± 1.69

128.53

± 1.66*

99.54

± 1.59**

HDL-C (mg/dl)

61.28

± 0.98

38.45

± 0.71#

41.55

± 1.12

48.61

± 1.28

56.06

± 0.84**

58.99

± 1.25**

LDL-C (mg/dl)

36.98

± 0.65

107.55

± 1.43#

92.3

± 1.32

77.84

± 1.49

61.44

± 1.19*

37.71

± 1.34**

VLDL-C (mg/dl)

17.55

± 0.52

34.76

± 0.89#

31.59

± 1.28

26.56

± 0.69

23.55

± 0.95*

17.58

± 0.59**

AI

1.62

± 0.09

5.08

± 0.22#

4.43

± 0.24

3.36

± 0.29

2.41

± 0.25*

1.69

± 0.13**

  1. Values are mean ± S.E.M of 6 rats; #p < 0.01 vs Normal Control (Group I); *p < 0.05 vs Obese Control (Group II); **p < 0.01 vs Obese Control (Group II)