Effects of Aqueous Extracts of Petals of Red and Green Hibiscus sabdariffa. on Plasma Lipid and Hematological Variables in Rats

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Table 1.. Effect of administration of aqueous extracts of red and green petals of Hibiscus sabdariffa. on some plasma lipid variables in rats.^a.

		Red H. sabdariffa. petals		Green H. sabdariffa. petals
Variables	A (Control)	B (1.0 mg/kg)	C (1.5 mg/kg)	D (1.0 mg/kg)	E (1.5 mg/kg)
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	3.58 ± 0.49	2.66 ± 0.51^ns	1.85 ± 0.29	2.49 ± 0.19^ns	1.84 ± 0.27
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	2.23 ± 0.24	1.33 ± 0.18	1.21 ± 0.24	1.10 ± 0.04	1.06 ± 0.11
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.21 ± 0.23	0.80 ± 0.13^ns	1.11 ± 0.31^ns	1.15 ± 0.10^ns	1.01 ± 0.19^ns
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	0.58 ± 0.03	0.63 ± 0.04^ns	0.52 ± 0.04^ns	0.65 ± 0.08^ns	0.76 ± 0.11^ns

^a.Data are expressed as mean±SEM for 6 rats per group. ns, not significantly different at p < 0.05 compared with controls

*significantly different at p < 0.05 compared with controls.

Table 2. Effect of administration of aqueous extracts of red and green petals of Hibiscus sabdariffa. on some hematological variables in rats.^a.

		Red H. sabdariffa. petals		Green H. sabdariffa. petals
Variables	A (Control)	B (1.0 mg/kg)	C (1.5 mg/kg)	D (1.0 mg/kg)	E (1.5 mg/kg)
Hematocrit (%)	42.6 ± 0.8	46.0 ± 1.5^ns	45.6 ± 1.2^ns	41.8 ± 1.9^ns	40.2 ± 2.4^ns
Hemoglobin (g/l)	15.5 ± 0.4	16.6 ± 0.2^ns	15.9 ± 0.4^ns	15.3 ± 0.6^ns	14.9 ± 0.4^ns
Red blood cell count (×10^12/l)	5.1 ± 0.2	5.3 ± 0.2^ns	5.2 ± 0.2^ns	5.0 ± 0.3^ns	4.8 ± 0.3^ns
White blood count (×10^9/l)	8.9 ± 0.7	8.2 ± 0.4^ns	8.7 ± 0.6^ns	9.4 ± 0.6^ns	8.3 ± 0.6^ns
Platelet count (×10^9/l)	42.6 ± 0.8	46.0 ± 1.5^ns	45.6 ± 1.2^ns	41.8 ± 1.9^ns	40.2 ± 2.4^ns

^a.Data are expressed as mean±SEM for 6 rats per group. ns, not significantly different at p < 0.05 compared with controls.