The comparative effects of GTD and BTD consumption on the
liver content of lipids and liver triglycerides were shown in Fig. 3.
Chronic10-weeks consumption GTD and BTD led to a significant
reduction of liver content of total lipids by 20% and 30%
(P < 0.001 vs CTRL), respectively. This was associated with significant
reduction of liver TG content (25% and 35%; P < 0.001 vs
CTRL) for GTD and BTD respectively. It could be noted that the
relative liver weights did not significantly differ among groups
(2.96± 0.31% for GTD and 2.8 ± 0.29% for BTD vs. 2.77± 0.41% for
CTRL) indicating that GTD or BTD did not have a toxic effect on
the liver.
Except for plasma HDL-cholesterol, chronic GTD and BTD-HFD
fed rats had reduced total cholesterol (32.4% and 49%, P < 0.001
vs CTRL, respectively), plasma triglycerides (36.6% and 48%; P < 0.01
vs CTRL respectively) and blood glucose by 25 and 27.5%, respectively
(P < 0.01 vs CTRL) Table 4.