Table 5.

A summary of the present study

	HCBD (vs ND)	Dietary FF (vs ND or HCBD)		Dietary FF/AqSF-P (vs FF alone)	Dietary FF/BY (vs FF alone)
		0.03%	0.1%
ND-fed mice
Serum TC	n/a	n/a	↓	–	–
Serum TG	n/a	n/a	↓	–	–
Serum HDL	n/a	n/a	↓	–	↓
Serum LDL	n/a	n/a	–	–	–
Serum LDL/HDL			↑	–	–
Serum ALT	n/a	n/a	↑	–	↓
Hepatic TC	n/a	n/a	↓	↓	↓
Hepatic TG	n/a	n/a	↓	↓	–
Hepatic glucose	n/a	n/a	↓	↓	–
Hepatic index	n/a	n/a	↑	–	–
Fecal TC	n/a	n/a	–	–	–
Fat index	n/a	n/a	↓	–	–
Kidney index	n/a	n/a	↑	–	–
Testis index	n/a	n/a	↑	–	–
Body weight gain	n/a	n/a	↓	↑	↑
HCBD-fed mice
Serum TC	↑	↓	↓	–	↑
Serum TG	↓	–	–	–	–
Serum HDL	–	↓	–	–	↑
Serum LDL	↑	↓	↓	–	–
Serum LDL/HDL	↑	↓	–	↓	–
Serum ALT	↑	↑	↑	↓	↓
Hepatic TC	↑	↓	↓	↓	↓
Hepatic TG	↑	↓	↓	↓	↓
Hepatic glucose	↓	↓	↓	↓	↑
Hepatic index	↑	↑	↑	–	–
Fecal TC	↑	–	↑	–	–
Fat index	↓	↓	↓	–	–
Kidney index	–	–	↑	↑	–
Testis index	–	–	↑	–	–
Body weight gain	–	–	↓	↑	–

Notes: ↑, elevated or increased; ↓, inhibited or decreased; –, unaltered.

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; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; vs, versus; n/a, not applicable.