Table 4.
Changes in the body weight, heart weight index, and cardiac total protein
| Treatment |
Body weight (g)
Initial Final |
BWC (%) | HWI |
TP
(mg/g tissue) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 25.8±2.0 | 33.5±3.9 | 29.8±5.1 | 5.1±0.3 | 80.1±3.2 |
| DOX | 32.5±3.1 | 25.7±1.9 | -20.9±1.7* | 6.3±0.2* | 82.9±5.8 |
| D+PME | 22.7±1.7 | 24.4±2.5 | 7.5±3.0*, # | 5.1±0.4# | 83.2±6.3 |
| PME | 26.6±2.0 | 32.6±1.9 | 22.6±2.1# | 5.1±0.3# | 86.9±7.6 |
| D+CWE | 29.0±1.9 | 27.9±1.3 | -3.8±1.8*, # | 5.0±0.2# | 98.1±9.5* |
| CWE | 27.9±2.2 | 33.2±3.1 | 19.0±1.7*, # | 5.1±0.7# | 90.3±7.1 |
| D+CME | 30.1±0.5 | 27.9±0.7 | -7.3±0.5*, # | 5.0±0.5# | 85.4±10.2 |
| CME | 24.6±2.8 | 31.1±2.8 | 26.4±3.0# | 5.0±0.6# | 86.2±8.8 |
Data are presented as mean±SD, n=6. *(p<0.01) compared to the control group and #(p<0.01) compared to the DOX group. BWC% (Body weight change percent, the negative (-) value means a decrease and the positive (+) means an increase), HWI (Heart weight index) and TP (Total protein).