Hepatoprotective and Antioxidant Activities of Oil from Baru Almonds (Dipteryx alata Vog.) in a Preclinical Model of Lipotoxicity and Dyslipidemia

Table 2

Average body weight, food and water intake of rats treated with lipids emulsion and baru oil.

Body weight (g)				Food intake (g)	Water intake (mL)
Goups	1st week	8th week	15th week	1-15th week	1-15th week
C	160.8±25.6^a	362.3±27.9^a	425.9±34.3^a	101.1±3.5^a	125.8±2.3^a
BO	162.0±25.7^a	350.6±30.2^a	408.3±27.1^a	102.2±4.2^a	126.8±3.0^a
HC	163.4±27.3^a	346.4±32.7^a	405±39.7^a	89.4±3.2^b	120.6±2.5^b
HC-BO	170.2±26.6^a	364.3±24.7^a	413.3±23.3^a	93.6±2.7^b	115.2±4.2^b

All data are reported as mean values for the indicated periods. Control (C), baru oil (BO), hypercholesterolemic (HC) and hypercholesterolemic + baru oil (HC-BO). Data are presented as the means ± SEM. Values with different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05), ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test.