Table 6 Effect of H. rhamnoides extract on cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL and LDL level in broiler chickens.

Groups	0 day	21^st day	42^nd day
Cholesterol (mg/dL)
Control	178.25 ± 05.23	169.67^c ± 04.92	165.32^d ± 03.88
T1	177.50 ± 08.42	158.00^b ± 04.30	138.50^b ± 02.59
T2	179.50 ± 10.96	155.17^b ± 04.78	139.67^b ± 02.19
T3	177.50 ± 13.24	142.50^a ± 04.98	128.50^a ± 03.30
T4	180.00 ± 07.56	147.57^a ± 06.16	131.67^a ± 02.24
T5	175.25 ± 07.92	158.67^b ± 06.47	137.00^b ± 02.64
T6	178.00 ± 07.39	158.00^b ± 05.81	143.67^c ± 02.71
Triglyceride (mg/dL)
Control	138.87 ± 05.49	130.25 ± 07.15	123.25 ± 06.96
T1	136.63 ± 06.16	127.38 ± 05.68	120.50 ± 05.48
T2	131.93 ± 04.94	123.97 ± 05.05	120.00 ± 05.96
T3	135.21 ± 06.83	128.17 ± 09.83	121.00 ± 08.22
T4	132.48 ± 05.81	121.33 ± 08.96	118.75 ± 08.11
T5	134.87 ± 05.19	123.94 ± 07.11	119.25 ± 06.04
T6	135.92 ± 05.94	127.16 ± 06.37	123.00 ± 04.91
HDL (mg/dL)
Control	19.81 ± 0.80	20.06^a ± 0.77	20.40^a ± 0.84
T1	19.70 ± 0.73	27.16^b ± 0.80	31.64^b ± 1.04
T2	20.04 ± 0.69	26.19^b ± 0.75	31.56^b ± 0.82
T3	19.50 ± 0.86	30.56^c ± 0.85	44.17^d ± 1.02
T4	20.16 ± 0.71	27.49^b ± 0.81	38.12^c ± 0.90
T5	19.71 ± 0.81	26.83^b ± 0.85	37.89^c ± 0.91
T6	19.39 ± 0.71	27.07^b ± 0.80	32.23^b ± 0.85
LDL (mg/dL)
Control	53.35 ± 1.07	51.86^c ± 0.96	50.43^c ± 0.88
T1	53.91 ± 0.90	44.80^b ± 1.01	41.05^b ± 0.92
T2	54.12 ± 1.15	46.04^b ± 1.21	40.59^b ± 1.10
T3	53.80 ± 1.01	42.70^a ± 0.89	36.24^a ± 0.95
T4	53.26 ± 0.91	42.91^a ± 1.03	37.12^a ± 1.07
T5	54.07 ± 1.10	45.77^b ± 1.04	40.25^b ± 0.90
T6	53.90 ± 0.97	45.90^b ± 0.90	41.18^b ± 0.83

Chickens in the control group were fed the basal diet whereas the six treatment groups, in addition of basal diet received aqueous extract of H. rhamnoides in drinking water @ 100 mg/kg body weight of chicken (T1), @ 150 mg/kg body weight of chicken (T2), @ 200 mg/kg body weight of chicken (T3), @ 300 mg/kg body weight of chicken (T4), @ 400 mg/kg body weight of chicken (T5), and @ 800 mg/kg body weight of chicken (T6), respectively from days 0 to 42. Results are presented as mean ± S.E. Experimental unit 3 replicates pen (3 broiler chickens per replicate pen). Means bearing the different superscripts (^{a, b, c, d}) in a columns differ significantly (P < 0.05).

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