Effects of “Bacuri” Seed Butter (Platonia insignis Mart.) on Metabolic Parameters in Hamsters with Diet-Induced Hypercholesterolemia
Table 3
Food intake, body weight, and nasoanal length indices in hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) after 28 days of treatment with bacuri seed butter (25 or 50 mg/kg/day).
Parameters
Groups (mean ± SEM)
NG
DG
BB-25
BB-50
Daily food intake (g)
9.42 ± 0.21
7.49 ± 0.18a
7.47 ± 0.38a
7.44 ± 0.26a
Initial body weight (g)
114.37 ± 4.08
113.25 ± 6.43
112.44 ± 5.24
112.87 ± 4.14
Final body weight (g)
132.12 ± 4.52
134.87 ± 4.41
132 ± 5.36
129.25 ± 5.60
Weight gain (g)
83.57 ± 4.67
74.29 ± 3.83
73.71 ± 2.61
79.11 ± 4.46
Initial nasoanal length (cm)
15.24 ± 0.26
15.00 ± 0.35
14.66 ± 0.88
15.70 ± 0.25
Final nasoanal length (cm)
16.75 ± 0.43
17.12 ± 0.41
17.2 ± 0.33
17.35 ± 0.14
Lee index
3,073.00 ± 33.33
3,020.00 ± 102.70
3,016.00 ± 32.15
2,970.00 ± 37.87
BMI
0.48 ± 0.01
0.46 ± 0.02
0.46 ± 0.01
0.43 ± 0.01
NG: normal group; DG: dyslipidemia group; BB-25: bacuri seed butter 25 mg/kg/day; BB-50: bacuri seed butter 50 mg/kg/day; in relation to NG according to Tukey’s post hoc test.
