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. 2013 May 30;2013:210297. doi: 10.1155/2013/210297

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.