Effects of Dietary Cholesterol and Its Oxidation Products on Pathological Lesions and Cholesterol and Lipid Oxidation in the Rabbit Liver

Table 2

Effect of dietary cholesterol and cholesterol oxidation products on cholesterol content in liver.

	Cholesterol in liver (mg/g)
Dietary
CHO^1 + COPs g/kg diet	6 weeks	12 weeks	SEM
0 g	1.123^by	3.120^az	0.156
1 g	3.231^bx	16.727^aw	0.405
2 g	17.795^bv	27.735^av	0.940
0.9 chol. + 0.1 COPs	2.787^bx	10.737^ax	0.813
0.8 chol. + 0.2 COPs	2.271^bxy	9.004^axy	0.714
0.5 chol. + 0.5 COPs	2.580^bx	6.890^ay	0.948
1.6 chol. + 0.4 COPs	11.072^bw	16.218^aw	0.894
1.2 chol. + 0.8 COPs	10.558^w	11.665^x	0.555
SEM	0.446	0.929	—

aandbDistinct letters within a row indicate significant differences (𝑃<0.05). ^{v,w,x,y, and z}Distinct letters within a column indicate significant differences (𝑃<0.05). ¹CHO: natural cholesterol; COPs: cholesterol oxidation products.