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

Table 3

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

	TBARS in liver (MA^2 mg/kg)
Dietary
CHO^1 + COPs g/kg diet	6 weeks	12 weeks	SEM
0 g	0.564^y	0.598^y	0.024
1 g	0.691^x	0.712^x	0.016
2 g	0.736^bx	0.832^aw	0.021
0.9 chol. + 0.1 COPs	0.745^x	0.740^x	0.034
0.8 chol. + 0.2 COPs	0.695^bx	0.833^aw	0.032
0.5 chol. + 0.5 COPs	0.753^bx	0.858^aw	0.032
1.6 chol.+ 0.4 COPs	0.864^w	0.874^w	0.021
1.2 chol. + 0.8 COPs	0.968^v	1.029^v	0.020
SEM	0.032	0.016	—

aandbDistinct letters within a row indicate significant differences (𝑃<0.05). ^{v,w,x, and y}Distinct letters within a column indicate significant differences (𝑃<0.05). ¹CHO: natural cholesterol; COPs: cholesterol oxidation products; ²MA: malonaldehyde.