Table 2.

Serum Parameters After 5 Weeks of Treatment With PEA

Serum Parameters	SHAM	OVX	OVX+PEA
Serum ALT (U/L)	38.17 ± 1.72	36.14 ± 2.76	37.43 ± 2.70
Serum AST (U/L)	166.7 ± 23.19	251.7 ± 14.68a	237.4 ± 13.08a
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	46.40 ± 4.82	82.88 ± 4.81b	65.25 ± 4.31a,c
Serum TGL (mg/dL)	53.67 ± 5.28	52.75 ± 4.16	52.78 ± 2.60
Fasting glycemia (mg/dL)	89.56 ± 2.99	88.85 ± 2.75	88.08 ± 2.98
Fasting insulinemia (ng/mL)	0.16 ± 0.01	0.35 ± 0.11	0.31 ± 0.05
HOMA index	0.77 ± 0.11	2.08 ± 0.68	1.65 ± 0.28
Leptinemia (ng/mL)	1.07 ± 0.30	3.97 ± 0.76a	2.01 ± 0.65c

Values are means ± SEM.

^aP < 0.05 vs SHAM.

^bP < 0.001 vs SHAM.

^cP < 0.05 vs OVX.