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

Table 4

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

	COPs in liver (μg/g)
Dietary
CHO^1 + COPs g/kg diet	6 week	12 week	SEM
0 g	Trace	0.048^z	0.003
1 g	0.030^by	0.068^ay	0.005
2 g	0.053^bwx	0.109^awx	0.006
0.9 chol. + 0.1 COPs	0.042^bx	0.074^ay	0.004
0.8 chol. + 0.2 COPs	0.055^bw	0.094^ax	0.005
0.5 chol. + 0.5 COPs	0.055^bw	0.096^awx	0.004
1.6 chol. + 0.4 COPs	0.054^bwx	0.112^aw	0.006
1.2 chol. + 0.8 COPs	0.082^bv	0.146^av	0.006
SEM	0.004	0.006	—

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.