Table 4.
The efficiency of boiled parsley and mallow leave extracts (200 mg/kg BW, oral administration) on body weight and food intake in HFD-fed rats, n = 6.
| Groups | Initial Weight (g) |
Final Weight (g) |
Weight Gain (g) |
Weight Gain (%) |
Food Intake (g/Day) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 269.15 ± 10.73 b | 303.8 ± 12.51 c | 34.1 ± 1.17 b | 12.68 ± 0.82 b | 19.43 ± 2.75 a |
| HFD | 308.5 ± 7.8 a | 373.8 ± 8.03 a | 65.3 ± 4.8 a | 21.2 ± 1.8 a | 17.87 ± 3.41 ab |
| HFD + ME | 307.7 ± 28.0 a | 345.4 ± 15.01 b | 37.7 ± 17.8 b | 12.7 ± 6.5 b | 15.39 ± 3.29 b |
| HFD + PE | 307.8 ± 26.49 a | 319.3 ± 15.8 c | 11.4 ± 5.8 c | 4.12 ± 2.4 c | 14.85 ± 2.96 b |
NC: negative control; HFD: high-fat diet; HFD + ME: HFD + mallow extract; HFD + PE: HFD + parsley extract. Results expressed as mean ± SD; different superscripted letters (a, b, c) in the same column indicate a significant difference between groups’ means at p < 0.05.