Protective Role of Dietary Curcumin in the Prevention of the Oxidative Stress Induced by Chronic Alcohol with respect to Hepatic Injury and Antiatherogenic Markers

Table 4

Effect of Chronic ethanol and curcumin on blood and livers lipids of rats fed low and high ω-3 PUFA diets.

Groups	Plasma (mg/dL)					Liver (mg/100 g)
	Triglycerides	VLDL-C	LDL-C	HDL-C	Total-C	Triglycerides	Total-C
LFO	83 ± 5.5	17 ± 1.8	24 ± 2	26 ± 3	66 ± 8	132 ± 16	56 ± 6
LFOE	75 ± 4.5	15 ± 1.7	20 ± 4	25 ± 6	60 ± 6	146 ± 14	165 ± 8
LFOEC	64 ± 5^†	13 ± 0.9	15 ± 3	20 ± 5	48 ± 7	117 ± 12	117 ± 12
HFO	104 ± 8	21 ± 1.3	6 ± 0.6	14 ± 2	40 ± 7	549 ± 42	201 ± 8.0
HFOE	74 ± 6.3^‡	15 ± 1.5^‡	11 ± 0.8^‡	21 ± 4^‡	47 ± 9	734 ± 49^‡	393 ± 53^‡
HFOEC	86 ± 7	17 ± 2.0^‡	10 ± 0.7^‡	14 ± 2	40 ± 7	633 ± 55^†‡	217 ± 5.0^†‡

Values are means ± SEM. Means in a column with different superscripts differ significantly () as calculated by -test with Bonferroni correction. , compared to LFO; ^†, compared to the corresponding LFOE; ^‡ compared to the corresponding HFO.