Table 8.

A summary on the effects of FSC-S and FSC-SpEt supplementation in normal and experimental hypercholesterolemic (HCL) mice

		FSC-S FSC-SpEt		FF			FSC-S		FSC-SpEt		FF
		9 %	9 %				3 %	9 %	3 %	9 %
Vs normal mice					Vs HCL mice
Serum	TC	↑	↑	—	Serum	TC	↑	↑	—	—	↓
	TG	↑	—	↓		TG	—	↑	↓	↓	↓
	HDL	↑	—	—		HDL	↑	↑	—	↑	↓
	LDL	↑	↑	—		LDL	↑	↑	—	—	↓
	ALT activity	—	—	—		ALT activity	—	↑	—	—	↑
	LDL/HDL	—	↑	—		LDL/HDL	↑	—	—	↓	↓
	HDL/LDL	—	↓	—		HDL/LDL	↓	—	—	↑	↑
	N-HDL	↑	↑	—		N-HDL	—	↑	—	↓	↓
Hepatic	TC	↓	↓	↓	Hepatic	TC	—	—	—	—	↓
	TG	↑	↓	↓		TG	—	↑	—	—	↓
	Glucose	↓	—	↓		Glucose	↓	↓	—	—	↓
Body	weight	↓	—	—	Body	weight	—	↓	—	—	—
BW -	liver weight	↓	—	↓	BW -	liver weight	—	↓	—	—	↓
Liver	index/weight	—/↑	↑/↑	↑/↑	Liver	index/weight	↑/↑	↑/↑	—/—	—/—	↑/↑
Fat	index/weight	↓/↓	—/—	↓/↓	Fat	index/weight	—/—	↓/↓	—/—	—/—	↓/↓
Kidney	index/weight	↓/↓	—/—	—/—	Kidney	index/weight	—/—	↓/↓	—/—	—/—	↑/—
Spleen	index/weight	↓/↓	—/—	—/↓	Spleen	index/weight	—/—	—/↓	—/—	—/—	↓/↓
Testis	index/weight	↑/—	—/—	—/—	Testis	index/weight	—/—	—/—	—/—	—/—	—/—
Stomach	index/weight	—/↓	—/—	↓/↓	Stomach	index/weight	—/—	↑/—	—/—	—/—	↑/—
Gas-content	index/weight	↑/↑	—/—	—/—	Gas-content	index/weight	—/—	↑/—	↓/↓	—/↓	↓/↓
Fecal	TC	—	↓	—	Fecal	TC	—	—	—	—	↑

↑: increased or elevated; ↓: decreased or inhibited; —: unaltered