Rice protein improves adiposity, body weight and reduces lipids level in rats through modification of triglyceride metabolism

Table 6 Fecal excretion of lipids and nitrogen in rats fed experimental diets^a

	CAS	RP-A	RP-E
Fecal output (g dry wt/3 day)	3.87 ± 0.08^B	3.91 ± 0.12^B	4.22 ± 0.11^A
Ffecal lipids
total fat (mg/3 day)	222.39 ± 11.67^C	296.26 ± 21.80^B	360.42 ± 18.16^A
triglyceride (μmol/3 day)	10.94 ± 0.30^C	14.68 ± 0.67^B	17.49 ± 0.89^A
Fecal nitrogen (mg/3 day)	84.94 ± 1.43^C	208.55 ± 5.24^B	269.11 ± 5.74^A
Fecal protein (g/3 day)	0.53 ± 0.01^C	1.30 ± 0.03^B	1.68 ± 0.04^A
Intake of dietary protein (g/3 day)	9.76 ± 0.05	9.10 ± 0.25	9.12 ± 0.20
Apparent protein digestibility (%)	94.56 ± 0.11^A	85.67 ± 0.29^B	81.52 ± 0.59^C

^aValues are means ± SEM for six rats. Values with different letters are significant different (P < 0.05)

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