Table 1.
Food and drink intake, excreted feces and urine, lycopene intake, and apparent lycopene absorption of animals of the four experimental groups, in the 5-week intervention period.1
| Parameters | NA | NL | HA | HL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial body weight (g) | 428 ± 75 a | 432 ± 47 a | 375 ± 18 b | 406 ± 20 b |
| Final body weight (g) | 494 ± 65 | 496 ± 70 | 471 ± 20 | 489 ± 25 |
| Body weight increase (%) | 15.4 | 14.7 | 25.6 | 20.1 |
| Food intake (g/day) | 20 ± 2.6 a | 17.8 ± 1.8 b | 13.1 ±1.9 c | 12.0 ± 4.6 c |
| Food intake (kcal/day) * | 58 | 52 | 59 | 54 |
| Tomato juice or water intake (mL/day) | 25.8 ± 4.3 c | 63.6 ± 13.3 a | 44.3 ± 12.2 b | 78.8 ± 12.6 a |
| Drinks intake (kcal/day) ** | 0 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| Total intake (kcal/day) | 58 | 68 | 59 | 74 |
| Excreted feces (g/day) | 10.8 ± 1.2 a | 10.3 ± 0.9 a | 2.3 ± 1.4 b | 3.9 ± 1.3 b |
| Excreted urine (mL/day) | 12.2 ± 4.2 c | 19.5 ± 8.5 a,b | 15.4 ± 3.1 b,c | 33.5 ± 13.7 a |
| Lycopene intake (mg/day) | nd | 3.7 ± 0.8 | Nd | 4.6 ± 0.6 |
| Excreted lycopene in feces (mg/day) | nd | 1.57 ± 0.4 | Nd | 1.48 ± 0.2 |
| Apparent lycopene absorption (%) | nd | 55.7 ± 15.3 | Nd | 68.1 ± 11.4 |
1 Values are given as mean ± standard deviation (SD). a–c Different letters in the same row indicate significant differences for p < 0.05. * Data estimated as a function of the consumption of feed and its energetic value (N diet: 290 kcal/100 g and H diet: 450 kcal/100 g). ** Data estimated as a function of tomato juice intake and its energetic value (25 kcal/100 mL). NA (normal diet and water), NL (normal diet and tomato juice), HA (hypercholesterolemic diet and water) and HL (hypercholesterolemic diet and tomato juice).