TABLE 1.

Plasma levels of AST, ALT, and creatinine, and body fat and lean composition and lipid profiles in HFD-induced obese rats with or without Rb1 treatment

	Saline	Rb1	Pair-fed
AST (U/l)	119.1 ± 13.7	125.0 ± 10.9	102.8 ± 10.6
ALT (U/l)	40.0 ± 5.8	37.1 ± 3.6	33.7 ± 3.5
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.395 ± 0.04	0.404 ± 0.04	0.392 ± 0.04
Fat mass (g)	166.3 ± 7.8	133.6 ± 6.1*	140.7 ± 6.2†
Lean mass (g)	377.6 ± 9.3	382.9 ± 4.9	379.2 ± 7.6
Brown adipose tissue (g)	0.94 ± 0.07	0.92 ± 0.08	0.84 ± 0.05
Water (g)	338.1 ± 8.27	343.1 ± 4.47	339.8 ± 6.81
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	125.1 ± 12.71	92.4 ± 7.02†	77.8 ± 7.57*
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	100.6 ± 7.11	72.5 ± 6.0†	80.8 ± 3.52
Nonesterified fatty acids (mEq/l)	0.442 ± 0.035	0.439 ± 0.023	0.371 ± 0.021

Data are means ± SE.

*P < 0.01,

†P < 0.05 vs. HFD obese rats treated with saline.