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Table 4 Glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol concentrations, AST/ALT ratio, SOD activity, catalase activity and TBARS concentrations in animal sera at the end of the experiment

From: Fructose-rich diet leads to reduced aerobic capacity and to liver injury in rats

Variable

C

F

Glucose (mg/dl)

83.6 ± 4.5

98.5 ± 10.5*

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

123.4 ± 49.0

268.3 ± 35.1*

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

91.7 ± 9.6

96.3 ± 15.5

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

42.7 ± 5.3

43.5 ± 6.9

LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

62.8 ± 3.9

65.4 ± 1.3

AST/ALT ratio

1.08 ± 0.4

2.8 ± 0.8*

SOD (U/ml)

1.7 ± 0.4

1.5 ± 0.6

Catalase (U/ml)

42.2 ± 10.4

68.4 ± 6.8*

TBARS (μM)

16.5 ± 2.0

22.2 ± 4.4*

  1. C, Control; F, Fructose. n = 8 animals per group.
  2. *Significantly different from the control group (p ≤ 0·05).