Table 2 Effect of the garlic on sodium fluoride-induced changes in serum total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TAG), high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C) cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) cholesterol, and the calculated ratios of TC/HDL and LDL/HDL

TC

74.15^a ± 1.65

132^b ± 1.8

78.02

63.8^c ± 2.3

− 13.9

91^d ± 1.7

22.7

*

Trigly

79.33^a ± 2.2

108^b ± 2.2

36.14

65.3^c ± 1.84

− 17.6

90.33^d ± 2.5

13.9

*

HDL-c

41.2^a ± 1.1

32.6^b ± 1.01

− 20.9

38.8^a ± 1.6

− 5.8

38.5^a ± 1.5

− 6.6

*

LDL-c

16^a ± 0.97

38.5^b ± 2.01

140.63

13.2^a ± 1.14

− 17.5

24.7^c ± 1.63

54.4

*

TC/HDL-c

1.82^a ± 0.05

4.1^b ± 0.2

125.3

1.7 ^a ± 0.1

− 6.6

2.3^c ± 0.1

26.4

*

LDL-c /HDL-c

0.4^a ± 0.03

1.2^b ± 0.1

200

0.35^a ± 0.02

− 12.5

0.7^c ± 0.1

75

*