Table 3 Plasma and liver cholesterol, triglycerides and fecal lipid excretion of Hamsters fed red kidney bean and red meat for 3 weeks

Plasma VLDL-C, mmol/L

0.048 ± 0.010^a

0.029 ± 0.003^cd

0.055 ± 0.006^b

0.036 ± 0.003^bcd

0.016 ± 0.001^d

0.077 ± 0.005^a

0.030 ± 0.003^cd

Plasma LDL-C, mmol/L

0.157 ± 0.013^a

0.104 ± 0.008^bc

0.151 ± 0.008^a

0.114 ± 0.010^abc

0.073 ± 0.007^c

0.130 ± 0.011^ab

0.104 ± 0.008^bc

Plasma HDL-C, mmol/L

0.302 ± 0.013^a

0.246 ± 0.014^abc

0.264 ± 0.008^abc

0.293 ± 0.011^ab

0.229 ± 0.008^bc

0.268 ± 0.007^abc

0.211 ± 0.008^c

Plasma TOTAL-C, mmol/L

0.508 ± 0.022^a

0.379 ± 0.013^bc

0.470 ± 0.011^ab

0.442 ± 0.014^ab

0.318 ± 0.010^c

0.475 ± 0.013^ab

0.376 ± 0.018^c

Plasma LDL-C/HDL-C

0.53 ± 0.053^a

0.44 ± 0.051^ab

0.40 ± 0.045^a

0.58 ± 0.038^ab

0.32 ± 0.036^b

0.44 ± 0.044^ab

0.49 ± 0.042^ab

Plasma TG, mmol/L

0.184 ± 0.033

0.179 ± 0.017

0.194 ± 0.011

0.226 ± 0.023

0.175 ± 0.015

0.353 ± 0.026

0.204 ± 0.017

Liver Fat

16.4 ± 0.3^a

12.1 ± 0.4^bc

14.5 ± 0.4^ab

13.4 ± 0.6^bc

11.2 ± 0.4^c

13.8 ± 0.8^b

12.3 ± 0.6^bc

Liver Total Cholesterol

30.2 ± 9.1^a

16.9 ± 7.9^d

28.5 ± 12.5^ab

22.8 ± 10.6^abc

8.9 ± 3.8^d

21.6 ± 9.5^bc

12.4 ± 5.7^d

Liver Free Cholesterol

9.1 ± 2.2^abc

7.9 ± 1.8^abc

12.5 ± 2.0^a

10.6 ± 1.1^ab

3.8 ± 0.6^c

9.5 ± 1.3^abc

5.7 ± 0.7^bc

Liver TG, μmol/g

6.6 ± 0.5

4.8 ± 0.4

5.5 ± 0.3

5.5 ± 0.6

5.0 ± 0.6

6.5 ± 1.0

6.9 ± 1.1

%Fecal Fat

3.03 ± 0.39^b

2.29 ± 0.26^b

6.83 ± 0.47^a

4.70 ± 0.40^ab

2.65 ± 0.37^b

6.90 ± 1.05^a

3.43 ± 0.56^b

Total bile acids, mmol/g

4.56 ± 0.74

2.72 ± 0.52

4.09 ± 1.18

4.67 ± 0.62

2.84 ± 0.45

6.36 ± 1.33

4.53 ± 0.89

%Fecal Protein

23.3 ± 1.4^b

31.6 ± 1.1^a

31.2 ± 2.1^a

30.8 ± 1.8^ab

33.7 ± 1.4^a

35.0 ± 1.7^a

35.8 ± 1.6^a

Fecal Wt-3 days, g

1.60 ± 0.26 cd

2.77 ± 0.13^ab

1.41 ± 0.15^d

1.96 ± 0.25^bcd

3.29 ± 0.31^a

1.22 ± 0.15^d

2.43 ± 0.08^abc