Figure 3.

Effects of dietary supplementation with FF, FF/AqSF-P, and FF/BY on fecal cholesterol excretion in normal and hypercholesterolemic mice.

Notes: Mice were fed with ND or HCBD without and with supplementation with FF or the combination of FF and AqSF-P or BY at the indicated concentration. Ten days later, fecal TC content was measured. Values given are the means ± SEM, with n=10. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 vs ND; ^#P<0.05, ^##P<0.01 vs HCBD. Statistically significant differences were determined using a one-way ANOVA, followed by Dunnett’s multiple-comparisons test.

Abbreviations: ND, normal diet; HCBD, high cholesterol/bile salt (0.5%/0.15%, w/w) diet; FF, fenofibrate; AqSF-P, aqueous extract of Schisandrae Fructus pulp; BY, bicyclol; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; SEM, standard error of mean; vs, versus; ANOVA, analysis of variance; w/w, weight/weight.