[Effects of Ziziphus spinosa Hu on serum lipoprotein and experimental atherosclerosis]

Rabbits of experimental group were fed synthetic food, cholesterol (0.4 g/day/rabbit) yolk powder (4 g/day/rabbit), and additionally pulp of Suanzao (10 g/kg/day). Three months later, compared with the results of the control group (TC 1334.8 +/- 327.8 mg; LDL 1261.9 +/- 356.6 mg and TG 270.8 +/- 66.9 mg), TC (574.6 +/- 271.8 mg), LDL (490.6 +/- 247.1 mg) and TG (89.7 +/- 7.8 mg) of the experimental group were significantly decreased, but in the experimental group HDL increased significantly (42.2 +/- 22.5 mg to 14.2 +/- 3.9 mg), and the AS degree of coronary artery was markedly reduced.