Table 4.

Effects of water extracts of wild and cultivated Codonopsis lanceolata on retroperitoneal, epididymal, brown fat, and total abdominal fat in SD rats fed with normal or high-fat diets.

Group	Retroperitoneal (g)	Epididymal (g)	Brown fat (g)	Total abdominal (g)
ND	6.21 ± 3.30##	9.40 ± 4.00##	0.43 ± 0.08	13.80 ± 4.05##
ND + wCL 900 mg/kg	5.89 ± 1.69##	9.76 ± 2.63##	0.54 ± 0.16	14.50 ± 2.92##
ND + cCL 900 mg/kg	6.24 ± 1.20##	9.95 ± 3.36##	0.52 ± 0.11	14.58 ± 3.09##
HFD	11.01 ± 1.79**	15.19 ± 2.57**	0.44 ± 0.10	25.78 ± 3.67**
HFD + Sibutramine	6.81 ± 1.54##	11.16 ± 3.89#	0.33 ± 0.07	18.60 ± 2.86∗#
HFD + wCL 100 mg/kg	8.88 ± 1.20∗#	15.77 ± 4.34**	0.40 ± 0.07	23.26 ± 3.12**
HFD + wCL 300 mg/kg	8.69 ± 0.83∗#	13.42 ± 1.36*	0.53 ± 0.12	21.94 ± 4.84**
HFD + wCL 900 mg/kg	8.25 ± 1.69∗#	12.67 ± 3.79∗#	0.64 ± 0.10∗∗##	19.91 ± 4.46∗#
HFD + cCL 100 mg/kg	9.61 ± 2.28*	13.12 ± 2.01*	0.54 ± 0.07	20.73 ± 5.21∗#
HFD + cCL 300 mg/kg	10.60 ± 2.23*	14.58 ± 3.10**	0.67 ± 0.11∗∗##	24.23 ± 5.71**
HFD + cCL 900 mg/kg	9.99 ± 3.10*	14.10 ± 3.81**	0.56 ± 0.20**	22.82 ± 3.23**

Values are means ± S.D. (n = 10), *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 versus ND group, ^# P < 0.05, ^## P < 0.01 versus HFD group.