Effect of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Dried Calyx Ethanol Extract on Fat Absorption-Excretion, and Body Weight Implication in Rats

Table 3

Apparent fat absorption and fecal fat excretion in rats fed with H. sabdariffa  L. extract, A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to compare the means of the studied groups with post hoc Duncan multiple range tests at 5% and 1% for those results where a significant difference was indicated.

Parameters	Dietary groups
	Control SDC	SD5	SD10	SD15
Fatty acid absorption (%)	95.1 ± 0.31	91.4 ± 1.01^∗∗	93.6 ± 1.83	95.2 ± 0.89
Fatty acid excretion (𝜇mol/d)
14 : 0	7 ± 1	12 ± 1	5 ± 1^∗∗	5 ± 1^∗∗
16 : 0	20 ± 4	396 ± 40^∗∗	140 ± 7^∗	89 ± 6^∗
16 : 1	8 ± 1	10 ± 1	9 ± 1	9 ± 1
18 : 0	289 ± 97	437 ± 58^∗∗	55 ± 5^∗∗	33 ± 5^∗∗
18 : 1	8 ± 1	62 ± 9^∗∗	17 ± 2^∗	14 ± 1^∗
18 : 2 (n-6)	9 ± 1	18 ± 2^∗∗	18 ± 2^∗∗	18 ± 1^∗∗

Statistical differences (^∗𝑃<.05;^∗∗𝑃<.01), when compared with the control group.