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Table 7

Main results obtained with a 3% freeze-dried O. aurita food supplement in high-fat fed rats in some biochemical parameters. Results are from Haimeur et al., 2012.

Parameters¹	Control diet	High fat diet	High fat diet +
Parameters¹	Control diet	High fat diet	O. aurita


Rat characteristics
Body weight (g)	359 ± 18^b	389 ± 13^a	379 ± 2^ab
Adipose tissue weight (g)	4.5 ± 1.6^b	6.9 ± 0.8^a	4.3 ± 0.9^b
Blood
Glycemia	4.30 ± 0.49^b	5.17 ± 0.74^a	4.57 ± 0.51^ab
Triglyceridemia (mmol/L)	0.84 ± 0.07^b	1.06 ± 0.04^a	0.91 ± 0.09^b
Cholesterolemia (mmol/L)	1.49 ± 0.22^b	1.87 ± 0.17^a	1.51 ± 0.13^b
Platelet total aggregation (%) ²	68.35 ± 3.56^b	80.29 ± 3.59^a	72.42 ± 1.09^ab
Platelet TXB2 level (ng/5 × 10⁸ cell)	12.16 ± 0.19^b	16.14 ± 1.51^a	12.30 ± 0.21^b
Liver
Triacylglycerols (mg/g)	12.04 ± 2.48^b	28.28 ± 4.97^a	16.62 ± 4.15 ^b
Total cholesterol (mg/g)	2.97 ± 0.49 ^b	4.19 ± 0.66^a	2.88 ± 0.10 ^b
MDA level (nmol/mg prot)	4.64 ± 0.2^b	5.15 ± 0.22^a	4.57 ± 0.20^b
GPx activity (nmol ROOH/min/mg prot)	148.1 ± 3.4^a	108.6 ± 11.5^b	133.6 ± 5.7^a

Results were expressed as mean ± SD (n = 5). After a one-way ANOVA and a Student-Newman-Keuls multiple comparison test, results were arranged in increasing order a>b (p< 0.05). Means assigned with superscript letters are statistically different.

After stimulation with collagen (5 μg/mL).

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