Table 3. Plasma and hepatic concentrations of triglycerol, total cholesterol, and free fatty acids.

	CD	CD+TE	HFD	HFD+TE
Plasma
Triglycerol (mmol/L)	0.5±0.1	0.7±0.3	0.6±0.1	0.5±0.1
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.0±0.1	0.7±0.1*	1.2±0.1**	0.9±0.1*
Free fatty acid (mmol/L)	0.4±0.1	0.3±0.1	0.6±0.1	0.6±0.2
Liver
Triglycerol (µmol/g tissue)	8.7±1.3	11.9±3.2*	15.7±1.4**	28.4±3.0*
Total cholesterol (µmol/g tissue)	2.5±0.4	5.1±0.6*	4.1±0.5**	7.8±0.7*
Free fatty acid (µmol/g tissue)	0.7±0.1	0.7±0.1	1.0±0.1**	1.5±0.2*

*Significant difference between treatments with or without TE (P<0.05, n=8); **Significant difference between control and high-fat diets (P<0.05, n=8)