Comparison between the Hypolipidemic Activity of Parsley and Carob in Hypercholesterolemic Male Rats
Table 1
Effect of parsley and carob methanol extracts administration for 8 weeks on organ weight in hypercholesterolemic male rats.
Organs weight g
Statistics
G1 negative control
G2 positive control
G3 20% w/w parsley methanol extract
G4 20% w/w carob methanol extract
Heart
Mean ± SE
0.966 ± 0.033
0.833 ± 0.061
0.800 ± 0.044
0.933 ± 0.095
LSD 0.05 = 0.212
-test
—
1.451
0.363
−0.732
Liver
Mean ± SE
10.400 ± 0.687
9.050 ± 1.720
10.733 ± 0.462
7.250 ± 1.279
LSD 0.05 = 2.551
-test
—
0.762
−0.882
0.916
Right kidney
Mean ± SE
0.583 ± 0.030
0.633 ± 0.0210
0.666 ± 0.042
0.633 ± 0.021
LSD 0.05 = 0.090
-test
—
−2.236
−0.598
0.000
Left kidney
Mean ± SE
0.616 ± 0.0166
0.683 ± 0.016
0.633 ± 0.033
0.633 ± 0.021
LSD 0.05 = 0.077
-test
—
−3.162
1.168
1.464
Right testis
Mean ± SE
1.216 ± 0.110
0.965 ± 0.020
1.183 ± 0.030
1.116 ± 0.030
LSD 0.05 = 0.190
-test
—
2.272
−5.454
−4.373
Left testis
Mean ± SE
1.266 ± 0.120
0.956 ± 0.019
1.1500 ± 0.050
1.200 ± 0.025
LSD 0.05 = 0.209
-test
—
2.671
−3.15
−5.883
Data are represented as mean ± SE. -test values significant at , significant at , and significant at . ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at , whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at . LSD: least significant difference; NS: nonsignificant.
