Table 2 Plasma and hepatic concentrations of lipids and antioxidant capacity of apo E−/− mice fed with the control diet or bilberry anthocyanin-supplemented (BE) diet for 2 weeks
Analysis | Group | |
|---|---|---|
Control | BE | |
Plasma (n = 20) | ||
 Triacylglycerol (mmol L−1) | 1.02 ± 0.11 | 0.96 ± 0.11 |
 Total-cholesterol (mmol L−1) | 7.0 ± 0.5 | 5.6 ± 0.4* |
 HDL/LDL | 0.038 ± 0.006 | 0.030 ± 0.005 |
 ORAC (μmol TE L−1)b | 5,519 ± 272 | 4,925 ± 210 |
Liver (n = 16) | ||
 Triacylglycerol (mg g−1) | 43.9 ± 3.0 | 30.9 ± 3.2** |
 Total-cholesterol (mg g−1) | 3.0 ± 0.1 | 2.8 ± 0.1 |