Protective Effect of Fermented Camel Milk Containing Bifidobacterium longum BB536 on Blood Lipid Profile in Hypercholesterolemic Rats

Table 4

Effect of various fermented types of milk on body weight, blood lipid profile, serum proteins, liver enzymes, and kidney markers in overweight, hypercholesterolemic-made rats on a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet.

Rat group	HF diet only	HF diet plus
Parameter		CCAP	CAP	CCAT	CAT	CT
A. Body weight
BW gain % (13)	34.0 ± 1.62^a	22.35 ± 0.9^c	20.34 ± 0.3^d	24.78 ± 0.7^b	22.3 ± 0.5^c	26.01 ± 0.8^b	≤0.00
B. Blood lipid profile
TG mg/dl (46)	156.1 ± 4.1^a	71.5 ± 2.8^d	80.9 ± 1.7^c	80.08 ± 2.8^c	83.3 ± 2.5^c	98.0 ± 3.3^b	≤0.00
TC mg/dl (75)	142.4 ± 6.0^a	85.5 ± 2.2^e	93.1 ± 1.6^cd	91.27 ± 5.1^c	98.9 ± 2.26^c	110.3 ± 3.6^b	≤0.00
HDL mg/dl (38)	27.5 ± 0.41^d	35.5 ± 2.2^ab	33.1 ± 1.9^bc	32.9 ± 0.55^bc	30.4 ± 2.9^cd	29.8 ± 1.35^cd	≤0.006
LDL mg/dl (28)	133.7 ± 1.8^a	35.7 ± 2.7^e	43.8 ± 1.8^d	42.6 ± 2.3^c	41.9 ± 1.7^c	60.9 ± 1.7^b	≤0.00
VLDL mg/dl (9)	31.27 ± 0.6^a	14.3 ± 2.7^d	16.2 ± 0.3^c	15.32 ± 0.6^c	16.5 ± 0.4^c	19.6 ± 0.6^b	≤0.00
C. Liver function
AST (U/L) (44)	115.3 ± 1.6^a	55 ± 0.73^f	63.3 ± 0.6^e	80.3 ± 0.63^c	65.7 ± 1.0^d	99.3 ± 0.65^b	≤0.00
ALT (U/L) (24)	60.0 ± 1.0^a	28.3 ± 0.63^f	33.9 ± 0.9^d	32.1 ± 0.7^c	35.6 ± 0.7^c	41.7 ± 0.42^b	≤0.00
Albumin (g/dl) (4)	2.95 ± 0.03^e	4.22 ± 0.14^a	4.1 ± 0.09^ab	3.93 ± 0.13^bc	3.91 ± 0.1^bcd	3.7 ± 0.02^d	≤0.00
TP (g/dl) (7)	5.48 ± 0.12^f	7.56 ± 0.08^a	7.5 ± 0.11^ab	7.10 ± 0.09^de	7.31 ± 0.1^bc	6.9 ± 0.06^e	≤0.00
D. renal function
Urea (mg/dl) (15)	37.89 ± 0.1^a	19.75 ± 0.26^f	22.2 ± 0.12^e	23 ± 0.16^d	25.1 ± 0.36^c	27.57 ± 0.3^b	≤0.00
Creatinine (mg/dl)	1.57 ± 0.11^a	1.05 ± 0.05c^d	1.07 ± 0.7^cd	1.11 ± 0.09^c	1.16 ± 0.12^bc	1.34 ± 0.11^b	≤0.001
E. Metabolic syndrome^1
Δ MSR (%)	0.0005 ± 1.37^a	−47.5 ± 1.37^b	−42.46 ± 1.37^c	−39.11 ± 1.37^c	−38.66 ± 1.37^c	−27.69 ± 1.37^d	≤0.00

¹BWG + TG + TC-HDL + VLDL + ALT + AST after normalization of the data.