Table 3 Effect of dietary supplementation of soy aglycons of isoflavone on serum biochemical attributes and lipoprotein profiles of Sprague-Dawley rats

Items

Sham

OVX

OVX/LSAI

OVX/HSAI

Estradiol (pg/ml)

65.61 ± 18.30

32.83 ± 17.88

42.18 ± 18.71

50.84 ± 25.48

Isoflavones (daidzein + genistein, μg/ml)

< 0.1^b

< 0.1^b

1.28 ± 1.02^a

1.57 ± 1.20^a

Cholesterol (mg/dl)

92.75 ± 29.12^a

129.88 ± 28.11^a

108.78 ± 33.18^a

83.75 ± 21.77^b

Triacylglycerol (mg/dl)

108.12 ± 16.47

115.85 ± 12.52

109.48 ± 13.61

106.08 ± 11.83

HDL (%)

57.28 ± 10.47^ab

52.26 ± 7.14^b

53.75 ± 12.42^b

66.73 ± 10.03^a

VLDL (%)

11.11 ± 2.98

11.92 ± 2.79

11.10 ± 2.96

9.98 ± 2.61

LDL (%)

31.61 ± 8.67^ab

35.88 ± 6.14^a

35.15 ± 9.82^a

23.29 ± 8.32^b