Comparison between the Hypolipidemic Activity of Parsley and Carob in Hypercholesterolemic Male Rats
Table 2
Effect of administration of 20% (w/w) parsley and carob methanol extracts for 8 weeks on food intake (FI) body weight gain (BWG) and food efficiency ratio (FER) in hypercholesterolemic male rats.
Physiological evaluation
Statistics
G1 negative control
G2 positive control
G3 20% w/w parsley methanol extract
G4 20% w/w carob methanol extract
BWG g/8 weeks
Mean ± SE
33.16 ± 1.641
29.16 ± 0.872
31.33 ± 0.843
29.00 ± 1.238
LSD 0.05 = 3.781
-test
—
1.743
−2.381
0.150
BWG g/day
Mean ± SE
0.551 ± 0.027
0.484 ± 0.014
0.520 ± 0.015
0.482 ± 0.020
LSD 0.05 = 0.063
-test
—
1.729
−2.270
0.134
BWG %
Mean ± SE
17.85 ± 0.872
16.08 ± 0.479
16.39 ± 0.444
14.74 ± 0.683
LSD 0.05 = 2.045
-test
—
1.423
−0.670
2.362
FER g/day
Mean ± SE
0.031 ± 0.001
0.028 ± 0.000
0.029 ± 0.000
0.027 ± 0.001
LSD 0.05 = 0.003
-test
—
1.612
−1.282
0.542
FER %
Mean ± SE
3.166 ± 0.149
2.816 ± 0.087
2.933 ± 0.084
2.766 ± 0.108
LSD 0.05 = 0.274
-test
—
1.612
−1.282
0.542
Data are represented as mean ± SE. -test values. 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; N.S: nonsignificant.
