Effects of “Bacuri” Seed Butter (Platonia insignis Mart.) on Metabolic Parameters in Hamsters with Diet-Induced Hypercholesterolemia

Table 4

Effects of bacuri seed butter (25 or 50 mg/kg/day) on the atherogenic index (AI), coronary artery risk index (CRI), HDL/TC ratio, and LDL/TC ratio in hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) with diet-induced hypercholesterolemia.

Groups	Parameters (mean ± SEM)
	AI	CRI	HDL/TC ratio	LDL/TC ratio
NG	1.47 ± 0.16	2.42 ± 0.19	0.238 ± 0.01	0.578 ± 0.04
DG	2.14 ± 0.16^a	3.14 ± 0.19^a	0.219 ± 0.02	0.691 ± 0.07^a
BB-25	1.4 ± 0.16^b	2.01 ± 0.11^b	0.285 ± 0.01^a.b	0.576 ± 0.03^b
BB-50	1.4 ± 0.15^b	1.88 ± 0.09^a.b	0.300 ± 0.01^a.b	0.568 ± 0.01^b

NG: normal group; DG: dyslipidemia group; BB-25: bacuri seed butter 25 mg/kg/day; BB-50: bacuri seed butter 50 mg/kg/day; AI: atherogenic index; CRI: coronary artery risk index. ^a in relation to NG. ^b in relation to DG according to Tukey’s post hoc test.