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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Peptides. 2010 Jun 25;31(9):1689–1696. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.06.015

Table 2. LPS decreases food intake in rats.

Treatmenta Food intake/period (g/300g body weight)
1.5-2h 2-5h 5-7h 7-24h
Vehicle 4.8 ± 0.3 2.5 ± 0.7 4.6 ± 0.4 20.9 ± 0.9
LPS 2.0 ± 0.6*** 1.8 ± 0.4 3.1 ± 0.5* 16.8 ± 0.9**
a

Overnight fasted rats were injected ip with LPS (100μg/kg body weight) or vehicle (saline) and re-fed at 1.5h post injection. Food intake was monitored at 2, 5, 7 and 24h post injection and expressed as food intake/period (g/300g bw). Each line represents the mean ± sem of 7-8 rats/group.

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01 and

***

p < 0.001 vs. vehicle.