Research Article
Bredemolic Acid Improves Cardiovascular Function and Attenuates Endothelial Dysfunction in Diet-Induced Prediabetes: Effects on Selected Markers
Table 1
The effects of BA on lipid profile in non-prediabetic and prediabetic rats with or without diet intervention.
| Parameters | Groups | NPD | PD | ND + MET | HFHC + MET | ND + BA | HFHC + BA |
| TC (mmol/L) | 2.00 ± 0.04 | 2.88 ± 0.03∗∗∗ | 2.06 ± 0.03### | 2.43 ± 0.16 | 2.10 ± 0.09### | 2.25 ± 0.13## | TG (mmol/L) | 1.12 ± 0.10 | 1.75 ± 0.02∗∗ | 1.13 ± 0.03## | 1.58 ± 0.22 | 1.18 ± 0.02# | 1.45 ± 0.02 | HDL (mmol/L) | 1.11 ± 0.03 | 1.04 ± 0.04 | 1.13 ± 0.04 | 1.08 ± 0.09 | 1.16 ± 0.06 | 1.10 ± 0.05 | LDL (mmol/L) | 0.67 ± 0.04 | 1.49 ± 0.05∗∗∗ | 0.70 ± 0.06### | 1.03 ± 0.05∗## | 0.71 ± 0.07### | 0.86 ± 0.12### | VLDL (mmol/L) | 0.22 ± 0.02 | 0.35 ± 0.01∗∗ | 0.23 ± 0.01## | 0.32 ± 0.05 | 0.24 ± 0.01# | 0.29 ± 0.01 |
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Values are presented as mean ± SEM ( n = 6). , , (vs. NPD). , , (vs. PD). |