Babassu (Attalea glassmanii Zona) Nut Oil Is More Effective than Olive Oil for Treating Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Table 3

Mean number of leaks in the experimental permeability/ischemia/reperfusion study with the use of histamine for the animal groups treated with mineral oil (NC), olive oil, and unrefined babassu oil using 0.02, 0.06, and 0.18 mL/dose twice a day.

Treatment (dose)	Groups with the use of histamine
	MO group (n = 6)	OI group (n = 18)	BO group (n = 18)	value
0.02 mL/dose	—	238.5 + 82.2	219.0 + 5.4	0.7002
0.06 mL/dose	—	206.5 + 43.9^a	200.7 + 7.0^a	0.0456
0.18 mL/dose	241.2 + 17.4^a	190.3 + 57.9^a	185.5 + 10.4^a	0.0280
	—	0.5692	<0.0001

No animals were used for these doses. ^aStatistical difference between groups using the same dose (Tukey’s test). , , and .