Supplementation of Stingless Bee Honey from Heterotrigona itama Improves Antiobesity Parameters in High-Fat Diet Induced Obese Rat Model

Table 4

Levels of triglyceride, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol in SD rats after daily administration of stingless bee honey (SBH) for a period of six weeks.

Parameters	Groups
	Group 1 (ND)	Group 2; (Obese rats; HFD)	Group 3; (Obese rats; HFD+1000 mg/kg SBH)	Group 4 (Obese rats; HFD+750 mg/kg SBH)	Group 5; (Obese rats; HFD+500 mg/kg SBH)	Group 6; (Obese rats; HFD+ orlistat)
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	0.35 ± 0.02	1.33 ± 0.22	0.73 ± 0.08	0.83 ± 0.08	0.78 ± 0.08	0.50 ± 0.05
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.93 ± 0.11	1.93 ± 0.19	1.47 ± 0.14	1.80 ± 0.03	1.90 ± 0.15	1.75 ± 0.06
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.18 ± 0.03	0.70 ± 0.13	0.17 ± 0.06	0.12 ± 0.03	0.17 ± 0.02	0.53 ± 0.15
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.37 ± 0.10	0.93 ± 0.11	1.33 ± 0.10	1.35 ± 0.09	1.30 ± 0.09	1.17 ± 0.07

Results are presented as means ± SEM, n = 7.
Values are statistically significant at p < 0.05.
Note: significantly different compared to normal control rats (group 1); significantly different compared to control obese rats (group 2).
ND: normal diet; HFD: high-fat diet; SBH: stingless bee honey.