Table 7.

Effect of C. citrinus on morphometric parameters, obesity markers, and biochemical determinations in rats.

Measurements	Control	Control + Vehicle	Control + C. citrinus Extract (200 mg/kg)	Hypercaloric-fat Diet (HFD)	HFD + Orlistat (5 mg/kg)	HFD + C. citrinus Extract (250 mg/kg)	HFD + Phytosomes (50 mg/kg)	HFD + Phytosomes (100 mg/kg)	HFD + Phytosomes (200 mg/kg)
Morphometric parameters
Abdominal circumference (cm)	20.50 ± 0.45 a	20.50 ± 45 a	21.00 ± 0.45 a	25.50 ± 0.45 b	22.25 ± 0.45 a	20.33 ± 1.36 a	21.0 ± 0.52 a	21.20 ± 20 a	21.50 ± 0.45 a
Nose-to-anus length (cm)	25.25 ± 0.60 a	24.37 ± 0.60 a	24.60 ± 0.54 a	24.41 ± 0.91 a	23.66 ± 0.91 a	24.41 ± 0.91 a	23.80 ± 0.54 a	24.12 ± 0.60 a	23.50 ± 0.60 a
Nose-to-tail length (cm)	46.40 ± 0.42 a	46.40 ± 0.42 a	46.87 ± 0.47 a	45.66 ± 0.38 a	45.71 ± 0.47 a	44.66 ± 1.63 a	45.87 ± 0.47 a	45.75 ± 0.47 a	45.12 ± 0.47 a
Markers of obesity
BMI (kg/m2)	0.67 ± 0.03 b	0.72 ± 0.03 ab	0.70 ± 0.03 ab	0.88 ± 0.04 a	0.72 ± 0.04 ab	0.69 ± 0.09 b	0.66 ± 0.04 b	0.68 ± 0.04 b	0.76 ± 0.04 ab
Adiposity index	2.78 ± 0.55 c	2.77 ± 0.55 c	2.52 ± 0.62 c	9.43 ± 0.62 a	5.56 ± 0.71 bc	6.18 ± 0.39 b	5.98 ± 0.71 b	4.82 ± 0.71 bc	4.02 ± 0.62 bc
Lee index	0.30 ± 0.01	0.30 ± 0.02	0.30 ± 0.01	0.33 ± 0.01 a	0.30 ± 0.01	0.30 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.01	0.30 ± 0.01	0.31 ± 0.01
Biochemical parameters
Triacylglycerol (mg/dL)	90.66 ± 11.64 c	103.66 ± 11.64 c	109.66 ± 11.64 c	202.66 ± 11.64 a	90.66 ± 11.64 c	136.33 ± 66.96 b	103.50 ± 11.64 c	105.33 ± 11.64 c	118.66 ± 11.64 b
Blood glucose (mg/dL)	93.99 ± 8.24 a	101.37 ± 8.24 a	95.59 ± 8.24 a	111.11 ± 8.24 b	100.24 ± 8.24 a	97.00 ± 4.24 a	104.18 ± 8.24 a	92.24 ± 8.24 a	96.65 ± 8.24 a
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	161.33 ± 2.69 a	160.33 ± 2.69 a	162.00 ± 2.69 a	159.66 ± 2.69 a	156.66 ± 2.69 a	162.00 ± 2.69 a	155.66 ± 2.69 a	161.00 ± 2.69 a	159.30 ± 2.69 a

Values expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6, ANOVA followed by Tukey test, statistically different values (^a, ^b, ^c) between groups; p ≤ 0.05).