Table 5 Effects of tamarind leaf feeding on plasma lipids, hepatic total lipids, triglycerides, total cholesterol and faecal cholesterol

319.50 ± 2.30

471.86 ± 3.08^a

448.99 ± 3.89^ab

389.63 ± 3.87^ab

346.95 ± 3.38^ab

30.66 ± 0.20

56.12 ± 0.29^a

53.16 ± 0.29^ab

48.24 ± 0.18^ab

35.13 ± 0.22^ab

11.88 ± 0.55

22.85 ± 0.49^a

21.70 ± 0.35^a

19.33 ± 0.24^ab

16.02 ± 0.19^ab

1.90 ± 0.04

3.64 ± 0.04^a

3.45 ± 0.12^a

2.97 ± 0.07^ab

2.58 ± 0.05^ab

1.52 ± 0.04

6.59 ± 0.03^a

6.84 ± 0.06^ab

6.93 ± 0.02^ab

7.33 ± 0.05^ab