Table 1. Ultrapure water and aluminum trichloride solution intake (ml) of rats in each group (n = 10).

	Control	Al	MF	MF+Al
pre-treatment	53.25±5.78	57.50±7.67	55.75±4.64	53.13±8.17
during-treatment	55.04±6.19	32.86±3.71** ##	51.82±5.13	33.75±3.84** ##

The water intake before the AlCl₃ solution treatment were recorded during the 1 wk of acclimatization and expressed as an average value of 7 d. During the Al treatment, the water intake was expressed as an average value of 12 w for each rat. Two-way ANOVA with repeated measures with the day and group as variable was used. The results showed no significant differences in the water intakes of all four groups of rats before AlCl₃ treatment. During the Al treatment, no significant differences were observed between the control and MF groups as well as between the Al and MF+Al groups.

^** P<0.01 vs. Control group,

^## P<0.01 vs. MF group.