. 2022 Aug 7;60(1):1384–1393. doi: 10.1080/13880209.2022.2099907

Table 3.

Effect of C. citrinus on the biochemical parameters in rats fed with a high fat-fructose diet (HFFD).

Biochemical determinations	Control	HFFD	HFFD + SIMV	HFFD + C. citrinus
Triacilglycerol (mg/dL)	119.66 ± 59.83^a	246.16 ± 64.70^b	126.16 ± 45.40^a	136.33 ± 66.96^a
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	60.83 ± 14.72^a	58.83 ± 12.28^a	53.00 ± 17.82^a	62.00 ± 18.92^a
HDL (mg/dL)	27.33 ± 6.37^a	25.83 ± 5.70^a	24.00 ± 7.58^a	33.00 ± 8.31^a
LDL (mg/dL)	9.50 ± 7.68^a	11.00 ± 7.18^a	5.00 ± 4.85^a	11.66 ± 7.58^a
VLDL (mg/dL)	24.00 ± 11.74^a	29.16 ± 13.02^a	25.33 ± 9.02^a	27.33 ± 13.60^a
Triacilglycerol in liver (mg/dL)	3.70 ± 1.24^a	8.33 ± 1.76^b	5.65 ± 1.44^ab	5.66 ± 1.44^a,b
Blood glucose (mg/dL)	107.00 ± 9.89^a	106.50 ± 17.67^a	104.00 ± 14.14^a	97.00 ± 4.24^a
Total protein (mg/mL)	15.99 ± 2.3^a	12.77 ± 5.46^a	18.96 ± 0.86^a	18.50 ± 0.85^a
Albumin (mg/mL)	3.58 ± 0.52^a	2.99 ± 0.68^a	3.51 ± 0.17^a	3.10 ± 0.25^a
AST (U/L)	116.66 ± 11.55^a	75.16 ± 19.06^a	113.66 ± 64.41^a	105.00 ± 62.41^a
ALT (U/L)	52.00 ± 9.46^a	52.66 ± 6.53^a	74.83 ± 39.40^a	54.33 ± 13.63^a

All values expressed as mean ± SD (n = 6; values statistically different (^a, ^b, ^c) among groups (p ≤ 0.05) according to Tukey test.