Euterpe edulis Extract but Not Oil Enhances Antioxidant Defenses and Protects against Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Induced by a High-Fat Diet in Rats

Table 5

Stereological parameters of the liver tissue from rats treated with a high-fat diet (HFD) and the lyophilized extracts and oil of E. edulis fruits.

Groups	[hep], %	[int], %	[cap], %	[Inf], %	[LD], %	[HN], µm^3
G1	78.11 ± 2.07	21.89 ± 2.07	9.26 ± 1.70	6.63 ± 1.27	23.39 ± 3.66	428.11 ± 27.31
G2	75.15 ± 2.31	24.85 ± 2.31	9.58 ± 2.02	6.97 ± 1.83	25.18 ± 3.82	412.25 ± 30.12
G3	78.02 ± 1.93	21.98 ± 1.93	10.05 ± 1.77	6.81 ± 1.66	22.05 ± 3.27	436.41 ± 22.62
G4	78.39 ± 2.11	21.61 ± 2.11	10.73 ± 2.05	4.50 ± 1.35	24.12 ± 3.39	505.37 ± 24.39
G5	78.92 ± 2.55	21.08 ± 2.55	9.81 ± 1.62	5.02 ± 1.42	20.26 ± 3.18	459.13 ± 25.18
G6	79.75 ± 2.47	20.25 ± 2.47	9.67 ± 1.75	4.01 ± 1.19	19.07 ± 2.95	512.58 ± 21.72
G7	83.37 ± 1.89	17.63 ± 1.89	10.40 ± 1.14	3.11 ± 1.03	7.38 ± 2.71	573.81 ± 20.13

LEE, lyophilized extract of E. edulis fruits; LDEE, defatted lyophilized extract of E. edulis fruits; EO, E. edulis oil. , volume density; hep, hepatocytes; int, interstitium; cap, capillaries; inflammatory cells; LD, lipid droplets; HN, hepatocytes nuclei. G1, HFD; G2, HFD + 4% EO; G3, HFD + 5% LEE; G4, HFD + 10% LEE; G5, HFD + 5% LDEE; G6, HFD + 10% LDEE; G7, commercial diet. Different letters in columns denote statistic difference among the groups, .