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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 3 Effect of Mucuna pruriens milk oral administration on Total Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL, LDL and VLDL in serum of rats fed with high fat diet

From: Effects of Mucuna milk (Mucuna pruriens L.) on body weight and serum biochemistry in rats fed hyperlipidaemic diet

Serum Parameters

Normal

control

Hyperlipidemic control

Atorvastatin standard control

var. Cochinchinensis

 

var. Veracruz

DCM

WCM

 

DVM

WVM

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

89.32 ± 12.16a

344.57 ± 170.43c

120.05 ± 10.14b

106.12 ± 11.52a

91.75 ± 12.33a

 

97.70 ± 13.10a

90.92 ± 11.61a

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

81.55 ± 8.93b

246.52 ± 6.65c

101.45 ± 13.10b

105.20 ± 2.41b

92.52 ± 15.60b

 

71.82 ± 7.83b

58.42 ± 6.15a

HDL-C (mg/dl)

39.67 ± 5.01b

22.78 ± 5.79a

33.61 ± 6.55b

33.50 ± 5.21b

31.75 ± 5.73b

 

30.42 ± 4.51b

32.72 ± 6.47b

LDL-C (mg/dl)

33.33 ± 12.88a

242.49 ± 167.59b

66.14 ± 12.52a

51.58 ± 30.62a

42.24 ± 8.74a

 

52.91 ± 15.87a

46.51 ± 12.21a

VLDL-C (mg/dl)

16.31 ± 1.78c

49.30 ± 1.33f

20.29 ± 1.62e

21.04 ± 0.48e

18.50 ± 1.12d

 

14.36 ± 1.56b

11.68 ± 1.23a

  1. Means ± SD (n = 6) followed by different letters in the same line are significantly different (p < 0.05) as determined by Duncan’s multiple range test. DCM: dehulled Cochinchinensis milk group; WCM: whole Cochinchinensis milk group; DVM: Dehulled Veracruz milk group; WVM: whole Veracruz milk group