Treatment Liver Heart Kidney Fecal lipid excreted
BD 11.31 ± 1.06a 1.15 ± 0.13a 2.14 ± 0.42a 2.97 ± 0.3a
HC 15.47 ± 1.04b 1.25 ± 0.08a 2.17 ± 0.06a 3. 82 ± 0.61ab
HC-PFP 11.08 ± 1.11a 1.15 ± 0.19a 2.13 ± 0.12a 4.13 ± 0.33ab
HC-PFE5 11.12 ± 1.01a 1.16 ± 0.13a 2.13 ± 0.07a 4.54 ± 0.4b
HC-PFE7.5 11.18 ± 1.00a 1.20 ± 0.16a 2.13 ± 0.29a 4.57 ± 0.45b
Table 4: Effects of consumption of P. florida powder and extracts on organ weights (g) and fecal lipid excretion (g/day/100 g dry fecal matter), Values are means ± SD of five animals. Values in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05). BD: Basal Diet; HC: High Cholesterol Diet; HC - PFP: HC + P. florida powder 5%; HC - PFE 5: HC + P. florida 5% extract; HC-PFE 7.5: HC + P. florida 7.5% extract.