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. 2011 Mar 13;2011:852720. doi: 10.1093/ecam/neq014

Table 1.

Body weight and food intake.

Control Diabetic OI extract treated
Body weight initial (g) 24.2 ± 0.23 23.7 ± 0.41ns 22.6 ± 0.78ns/ns
Body weight final (g) 26.1 ± 0.43 41.3 ± 1.81*** 29.3 ± 0.48ns/♦♦♦
Weight gain (g) 1.9 ± 0.37 17.6 ± 0.67*** 6.7 ± 0.32∗∗∗/♦♦♦
Food intake (g day−1 per mouse) 2.6 ± 0.17 1.87 ± 0.13* 2.2 ± 0.18ns/ns

Effect of OI extract on body weight and food intake in control and experimental animals. Mean ± SEM of six animals.

∗∗∗/♦♦♦ P < .001, *P < .05, ns = P > .05; where * = control versus diabetic, control versus OI extract-treated and ♦ = diabetic versus OI extract-treated.