. 2011 Apr 13;10:57. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-10-57

Table 1.

Effect of oral administration of whey proteins products on final body weight, liver weight and hepatic index of rats fed the normal (control) and high carbohydrate, fat free (HCFFD) diets

	Final body weight (g)	Liver weight (g)	Hepatic Index
Control	180.32 ± 21.66 ^a	6.27 ± 1.24^ab	3.65 ± 0.73^a
HCFFD	158.10 ± 25.77 ^ab	6.53 ± 1.27^a	3.96 ± 0.35^a
WPI	126.48 ± 18.90^b	4.22 ± 0.99^b	3.32 ± 0.50^a
WPH	131.70 ± 13.79^ab	4.30 ± 1.62^ab	3.25 ± 0.45^a
αLA	128.76 ± 22.88^b	4.67 ± 0.85^ab	3.66 ± 0.60^a
βLG	121.07 ± 8.13^b	4.53 ± 0.33 ^ab	3.74 ± 0.12^a
GMP	155.19 ± 19.07^ab	5.98 ± 1.15^ab	3.85 ± 0.49^a

Mean values with their standard deviation for five rats per group

WPI: whey protein isolate, WPH: whey protein hydrolysate, αLA: alpha lactalbumin, βLG: Beta lactoglobulin, GMP: glycomacropeptide.

Means in a column without common letter are significantly differ, P < 0.05 (Tukey's test).