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

Table 6

Effect of different fermented milk products on histological changes of the liver and kidney in hypercholesterolemic rats.

Organs	Lesions	BD	HF	CT	CAT	CAP	CCAT	CCAP
Liver	Steatosis	−	+++	−	−	−	−	−
	Congestion	−	++	+	+	+	+	+
	Portal inflammation	−	++	+	+	+	−	−
	Newly formed canaliculi	−	++	−	−	−	−	−
	Kupffer cells hyperplasia	−	++	+	+	+	+	−
	Adipocytes	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Kidney	Shrunken glomeruli	−	+++	−	−	−	−	−
	Degenerated renal tubules	−	+++	+	+	+	+	−
	Congestion	−	++	+	+	+	+	−
	Casts	−	+++	−	−	−	−	−
	Lymphocytic infiltrations	−	+++	−	−	−	−	+
	Hypercellularity of glomeruli	−	−	+	+	−	−	+

BD: basal diet; HF: high-fat, high-cholesterol diet {− = no or within the normal limit (0%), + = mild alterations (10–25%), ++ = moderate alterations (30–45%), +++ = severe alterations (up to 50%)}.