Research Article
Antiatherosclerotic and Cardioprotective Potential of Acacia senegal Seeds in Diet-Induced Atherosclerosis in Rabbits
Table 2
Effects of Acacia senegal seed extract (AS, 500 mg/kg/day, p.o.) or statin (0.25 mg/kg/day, p.o.) treatment for 45 days on the alteration in total wall area (TWA), lumen, intima, media, adventitia, and plaque, all in mm (images of Camera Lucida at 4 × 8 magnification; all in % of total area) in hypercholesterolemic (Chol) diet fed atherosclerotic male rabbits.
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Data are means ± S.E.M. ( = 8); ≤ 0.05; ≤ 0.01; ≤ 0.001; and nonsignificant as compared to the respective control values. ≤ 0.05; ≤ 0.001; and nonsignificant as compared to the respective values of the Chol diet fed group. |