Coconuts may help benign prostatic hyperplasia.[66] In rats, virgin coconut oil reduced total cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids, LDL, and VLDL cholesterol levels and increased HDL cholesterol in serum and tissues.[67] The hexane fraction of coconut peel may contain novel anticancer compounds.[68] Young coconut juice has estrogen-like characteristics.[69] Inside a coconut is a cavity filled with coconut water, which is sterile until opened. It mixes easily with blood, and was used during World War II in emergency transfusions.[70] It can also serve as an emergency short-term intravenous hydration fluid.[71] This is possible because the coconut water has a high level of sugar and other salts that makes it possible to be used in the bloodstream, much like the modern lactated Ringer solution or a dextrose/water solution as an intravenous solution (IV). Coconut is also commonly used as a traditional remedy in Pakistan to treat bites from rats.[citation needed] The tea from the husk fiber is widely used to treat several inflammatory disorders