Table 1 Free and conjugated BAs in the serum of Apoe−/− mice (ng/mL) fed whole lingonberries and their separated soluble and insoluble fractions and the control diets.

From: Determination of free and conjugated bile acids in serum of Apoe(−/−) mice fed different lingonberry fractions by UHPLC-MS

Bile acids

Control – Low Fat

Control – High Fat

Whole Lingonberry

Soluble Lingonberrya

Insoluble Lingonberry

Unconjugated

CA

99.6 ± 15.0

90.7 ± 12.0

71.5 ± 7.0

70.0 ± 4.8

114.0 ± 16.2

α-MCA

13.3 ± 0.8

17.2 ± 0.8

23.8 ± 3.0†††

13.0 ± 0.8

18.3 ± 1.5

β-MCA

40.3 ± 3.5

92.7 ± 12.8†††

78.7 ± 6.1††

54.6 ± 6.7

81.6 ± 10.8††

ω-MCA

62.6 ± 4.9

100.6 ± 14.2

157.0 ± 25.3*††††

59.7 ± 2.8

64 ± 7.0

CDCA

27.3 ± 0.1

29.1 ± 0.4

34.5 ± 1.5*††††

28.0 ± 0.2

32.5 ± 1.3††

DCA

80.4 ± 6.0

116.7 ± 7.5

62.1 ± 16.0*

112 ± 6.0

110.4 ± 13.0

HDCA

20.9 ± 0.6

20.4 ± 0.6

26.3 ± 3.4

19.7 ± 0.3

19.5 ± 0.6

UDCA

22.9 ± 0.7

34.6 ± 3.5

62.7 ± 11.2*††††

24.3 ± 1.5

35.0 ± 2.3

LCA

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Glycine-conjugated

G-CA

15.9 ± 0.1

16.2 ± 0.1

16.5 ± 0.2

15.9 ± 0.1

16.3 ± 0.2

G-LCA

25.2 ± 0.01

25.2 ± 0.01

25.2 ± 0.02

25.2 ± 0.01

25.2 ± 0.02

G-CDCA

19.2 ± 0.2

19.0 ± 0.5

19.5 ± 0.2

19.2 ± 0.6

19.7 ± 0.5

G-DCA

18.0 ± 0.01

18.2 ± 0.07

18.1 ± 0.05

18.1 ± 0.06

18.1 ± 0.05

G-UDCA

13.5 ± 0.02

13.5 ± 0.03

13.6 ± 0.01

13.6 ± 0.01

13.6 ± 0.01

Taurine-conjugated

T-CA

132.2 ± 15.2

175.6 ± 16.7

99.8 ± 10.5*

252.1 ± 31.8††

151.0 ± 28.9

T-α-MCA

57.3 ± 6.3

207.9 ± 24.8††††

182.6 ± 20.7††††

163.6 ± 18.0††

98.9 ± 8.1**

T-β-MCA

30.3 ± 1.6

55.2 ± 1.8

66.0 ± 7.5†††

48.2 ± 2.6

68.6 ± 10.8†††

T-UDCA

43.1 ± 1.6

87.1 ± 5.7††††

76.3 ± 3.1††††

53.1 ± 2.4****

46.6 ± 3.3****

T-CDCA

29.0 ± 0.5

32.7 ± 1.1

30.5 ± 0.9

35.9 ± 3.3††

31.0 ± 1.2

T-DCA

36.5 ± 1.9

38.8 ± 2.1

28.6 ± 1.0**

36.4 ± 0.4

37.4 ± 2.3

T-LCA

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<RL

<RL

<RL

<RL

  1. Results are given as means ± SEM, n = 7.
  2. Mean values were significantly different from the High Fat control group: *P < 0·05, **P < 0·01, ***P < 0·001, ****P < 0·0001 (one-way ANOVA and Dunnett’s test).
  3. Mean values were significantly different from the Low Fat control group: P < 0·05, ††P < 0·01, †††P < 0·001,††††P < 0·0001 (one-way ANOVA and Dunnett’s test).
  4. a6 mice completed the study, 3 of them were outliers.