Table 1.

Mean intake of food/water as well as initial and final body weight in rats and rabbits following 180 days of administration.

Animal	Sex	Group	N	Initial weight (g)	Final weight (g)	Body weight gain∗ (g)	Food (g)	Water (mL)
Rats	Females	Test	5	195.33 ± 7.16	265.38 ± 17.17∗∗∗	68.12 ± 18.48∗∗∗	16.5 ± 3.9	29.2 ± 5.7
		Control	5	191.69 ± 5.49	251.54 ± 20.60	59.85 ± 20.22	15.3 ± 2.0	26.1 ± 12.2
		p value		0.39	0.37	0.59	0.49	0.64
	Males	Test	5	316.52 ± 18.54	545.90 ± 37.33∗∗∗	218.47 ± 30.56∗∗∗	24.0 ± 10.5	37.5 ± 4.2
		Control	5	317.28 ± 18.85	510.10 ± 38.26	192.82 ± 25.92	28.0 ± 3.3	37.5 ± 4.2
		p value		0.95	0.24	0.25	0.51	0.60
Rabbits	Females	Test	5	2998 ± 94.12	5027 ± 631.30∗∗∗	2029 ± 537.19∗∗∗	163.5 ± 68.9	248.8 ± 158.5
		Control	5	3258 ± 299.74	5848 ± 65.05∗∗	2590 ± 234.70∗∗	177 ± 33.9	260.0 ± 146.7
		p value		0.10	0.18	0.65	0.67	0.89
	Males	Test	5	2903 ± 318.58	4221 ± 419.53∗∗∗∗	1317.40 ± 100.95∗∗∗∗	180.6 ± 48.6	324.3 ± 165.9
		Control	5	2937 ± 221.26	4538 ± 292.40∗∗∗	1601.07 ± 71.14∗∗∗	140.8 ± 46.7	236.0 ± 137.0
		p value		0.85	0.32	0.73	0.19	0.35

N: number of animals in the group, data expressed as mean ± standard deviation. ^∗Body weight gain = initial weight–final weight. Number of animals per group at the end of the experiment: ^∗∗N = 2, ^∗∗∗N = 3, ^∗∗∗∗N = 4.