Evaluation of Beneficial Metabolic Effects of Berries in High-Fat Fed C57BL/6J Mice
Table 2
Plasma lipid profiles (mM) in mice after 13 weeks on high-fat diets supplemented with berries1.
Triacylglycerol
Total cholesterol
HDL cholesterol
LDL cholesterol
LDL/HDL ratio
NEFA
Mean
SEM
Mean
SEM
Mean
SEM
Mean
SEM
Mean
SEM
Mean
SEM
Lingonberry
0.65
0.06
2.6***
0.11
1.2***
0.04
1.0**
0.06
0.84
0.04
0.56
0.04
Blackcurrant
0.83*
0.04
2.9**
0.14
1.4**
0.06
1.1*
0.09
0.76
0.06
0.66
0.03
Bilberry
0.59
0.06
3.4
0.15
1.7
0.06
1.5
0.08
0.87
0.03
0.57
0.06
Raspberry
0.66
0.03
3.6
0.24
1.8
0.13
1.5
0.14
0.87
0.05
0.54
0.04
Açai
0.59
0.03
4.3
0.13
2.1*
0.08
1.9
0.07
0.90
0.04
0.49
0.03
Crowberry
0.56
0.04
4.1
0.11
2.0
0.05
1.8
0.08
0.91
0.04
0.54
0.05
Prune
0.57
0.03
4.1
0.15
2.0
0.06
1.8
0.15
0.94
0.08
0.45
0.02
Blackberry
0.67
0.02
4.0
0.17
1.9
0.08
1.8
0.13
0.92
0.06
0.60
0.04
Control
0.64
0.03
3.7
0.16
1.8
0.07
1.6
0.11
0.88
0.05
0.56
0.05
Low-fat control
0.84*
0.09
2.4***
0.15
1.1***
0.06
0.85***
0.13
0.76
0.12
0.67
0.05
Mean values significantly different from control are depicted with , , respectively, . SEM: standard error of the mean. mice from all groups except in the lingonberry group in low density-lipoprotein LDL and low-/high-density lipoprotein LDL/HDL cholesterol. NEFA: nonesterified fatty acids.
