Research Article
Acute and Subchronic Toxicity Assessment of Conventional Soxhlet Cymbopogon citratus Leaves Extracts in Sprague–Dawley Rats
Table 2
Effect of six weeks of oral administration of CSE C. citratus ethanolic extract on lipid profile at termination of the experiment.
| Parameter | Treatment group | Control | Conventional Soxhlet ethanolic C. citratus extract | 200 mg/kg | 600 mg/kg | 1200 mg/kg |
| Total cholesterol | 1.51 ± 0.33 | 0.52 ± 0.03 | 0.84 ± 0.35 | 0.55 ± 0.06 | Triglyceride | 0.51 ± 0.02 | 1.81 ± 0.06 | 2.07 ± 0.26 | 1.76 ± 0.03 | HDL cholesterol | 0.98 ± 0.03 | 0.46 ± 0.04 | 0.58 ± 0.05 | 0.35 ± 0.03 | LDL cholesterol | 0.45 ± 0.07 | 1.12 ± 0.04 | 0.92 ± 0.13 | 1.10 ± 0.03 | Coronary risk | 1.54 ± 0.32 | 1.12 ± 0.07 | 1.46 ± 0.28 | 1.56 ± 0.06 |
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Values are mean ± SEM of n = 6, , compared to control. |