Table 2.

The effects of winter mushroom consumption on the plasma clinical chemistry of the mice (mean ± SE).

	Control	3 g/kg/d	6 g/kg/d	9 g/kg/d	P
Glucose, mmol/l	13.8 ± 1.4	14.1 ± 1.1	12.7 ± 0.9	13.4 ± 0.8	0.702
TAG, mmol/l	2.05 ± 0.03	2.49 ± 0.33	2.48 ± 0.15	1.94 ± 0.21	0.126
Total cholesterol, mmol/l	2.5 ± 0.1	2.4 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.1a	0.040
HDL-cholesterol, mmol/l	1.90 ± 0.06	2.00 ± 0.13	1.99 ± 0.07	1.58 ± 0.08a	<0.0004
LDL-cholesterol, mmol/l	0.18 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.01a	0.14 ± 0.01	0.010
Creatinine, µmol/l	50 ± 1	45 ± 2	47 ± 2	49 ± 12	0.941
Total protein, g/l	47 ± 3	48 ± 2	47 ± 1	44 ± 1	0.283
Urea, mmol/l	7.6 ± 0.5	8.8 ± 0.6	8.8 ± 0.4	8.3 ± 0.5	0.379
Uric acid, µmol/l	253 ± 39	283 ± 36	223 ± 18	230 ± 16	0.262
Ammonia, µmol/l	840 ± 7	857 ± 6	854 ± 6	859 ± 14	0.472
CK, U/l	133 ± 34	192 ± 38	273 ± 60a	224 ± 22a	0.015
CK-MB, U/l	433 ± 105	606 ± 94	817 ± 160a	688 ± 62a	0.012
ALT, U/l	52 ± 4	83 ± 16	68 ± 11	61 ± 10	0.289
AST, U/l	96 ± 3	157 ± 23	146 ± 24	128 ± 14	0.170
Bilirubin, µmol/l	5.2 ± 0.6	7.8 ± 1.4a	8.6 ± 1.1a	6.1 ± 0.7	0.036
TAS, mmol/l	1.9 ± 0.08	2.1 ± 0.09	2.1 ± 0.04	2.0 ± 0.04	0.363

TAG: triacylglycerols; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; CK: creatine kinase; CK-MB: MB-fraction of creatine kinase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; TAS: total antioxidant status.

^aDiffers from the controls (generalized linear model, P < 0.05).