Table 1 Effect of AAE on food intake, weight gain, adiposity index, hepatic fat content, liver weight, and AST, ALT, and TNF-α in the serum of mice feed with HF diet.

From: Effects of açai on oxidative stress, ER stress, and inflammation-related parameters in mice with high fat diet-fed induced NAFLD

Parameter

Experimental groups

C

A

HF

HFA

Food intake (g/week)

26.46 ± 0.26a

24.46 ± 0.28a

19.98 ± 0.08b

21.48 ± 0.13b

Weight gain (g)

26.23 ± 1.21b

21.84 ± 1.63b

37.48 ± 2.78a

35.50 ± 2.07a

Adiposity index (%)

6.25 ± 0.70b

4.55 ± 0.57b

8.90 ± 0.24a

7.25 ± 0.56a

Hepatic fat content (%)

10.98 ± 1.53c

7.78 ± 1.23c

30.98 ± 2.01a

18.03 ± 1.54b

Liver weight (g)

2.17 ± 0.13b

1.91 ± 0.04b

4.18 ± 0.35a

3.15 ± 0.35b

Serum

AST (IU)

41.54 ± 2.19

44.27 ± 2.20

47.84 ± 6.53

42.74 ± 3.90

ALT (IU)

10.52 ± 1.49b

11.42 ± 1.97b

20.89 ± 2.58a

11.78 ± 1.43b

TNF-α (pg/mL)

14.00 ± 0.43b

13.01 ± 0.39b

17.74 ± 1.20a

14.47 ± 0.50b

  1. Values are expressed as the means ± SEM (n = 8). Within a row, significantly different values are marked with different superscript letters.