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

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 4 Hepatic and Cardiac Triglyceride and Cholesterol Levels in Experimental Rats

Experimental Groups	Triglyceride (mg/g tissue)		Total Cholesterol (mg/g tissue)
Experimental Groups	Hepatic	Cardiac	Hepatic	Cardiac
Group I	10.52 ± 0.42	4.22 ± 0.25	5.35 ± 0.22	2.31 ± 0.02
Group II	17.72 ± 0.39^#	8.35 ± 0.43^#	10.13 ± 0.42^#	4.83 ± 0.06^#
Group III	16.63 ± 0.19	8.08 ± 0.21	10.08 ± 0.32	4.51 ± 0.05
Group IV	16.23 ± 0.39	7.62 ± 0.41	9.02 ± 0.32	4.12 ± 0.12
Group V	15.13 ± 0.65*	7.12 ± 0.35*	8.14 ± 0.35*	3.88 ± 0.16*
Group VI	10.42 ± 0.23**	4.51 ± 0.31**	5.58 ± 0.29**	2.28 ± 0.09**

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)