Mean (SEM) in millimoles/litre

Treatment

Total cholesterol

Triglycerides

High density lipoprotein cholesterol

Low density lipoprotein

Basic standard diet (with no malakwang leaf extract)

2.0a(0.1)

1.1a(0.3)

1.6ab*(0.1)

0.4b(0.1)

High fat diet (with no malakwang leaf extract)

2.2a(0.1)

1.6a(0.2)

1.4b(0.1)

0.4b(0.1)

High fat diet with 200 mg/kg red malakwang leaf extract

2.3a(0.1)

1.8a(0.2)

1.8a(0.1)

0.3ab(0.0)

High fat diet with 200 mg/kg white malakwang leafextract

2.1a(0.2

1.9a(0.30)

1.6ab(0.1)

0.3ab(0.0)

High fat diet with 400 mg/kg red malakwang leaf extract

2.1a(0.1)

1.7a(0.1)

1.5ab(0.2)

0.3ab(0.0)

High fat diet with 400 mg/kg white malakwang leaf extract

2.0a(0.1)

1.9a(0.3)

1.4b(0.1)

0.3ab(0.2)

High fat diet and atorvastatin (fat lowering drug)

2.1a(0.1)

1.9a(0.4)

1.5ab(0.1)

0.5a(0.1)