Polyphenol-Rich Fraction of Brown Alga Ecklonia cava Collected from Gijang, Korea, Reduces Obesity and Glucose Levels in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice

Table 3

Plasma biochemical parameters.

	NC	PBS-HFD	CA-HFD	G-CA-HFD
ALT (U/L)	41.97±1.20	60.25±3.00^**	46.83±4.76^#	32.45±4.92^## $
AST (U/L)	77.77±20.26	147.23±14.73^*	151.13±17.25^*	138.48±20.24^*
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	64.63±3.98	174.45±14.07^**	163.25±8.16^**	125.90±5.86^**##$
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	61.13±5.90	76.18±5.27	87.85±14.36	66.03±9.09
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	108.90±4.38	203.93±11.56^**	189.28±3.42^**	175.98±11.39^**
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	33.23±1.85	54.75±4.31^*	58.58±9.38^*	45.05±3.82

NC: untreated, normal chow diet, PBS-HFD: PBS-treated, high-fat diet, CA-HFD: CA-treated, high-fat diet, and G-CA-HFD: G-CA-treated, high-fat diet. ^*𝑃<0.05, ^**𝑃<0.01 versus NC group; ^#𝑃<0.05, ^##𝑃<0.01 versus PBS-HFD group; ^$𝑃<0.05 versus CA-HFD.