Table 3.
Measurement of lean body and fat mass by DEXA
| OVX-CON (n = 10) |
OVX-BC (n = 10) |
OVX-BCLP (n = 10) |
OVX-BCAO (n = 10) |
Sham-CON (n = 10) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lean mass in the abdomen (g/cm3) | 20.8 ± 2.8b | 24.6 ± 3.6a | 25.5 ± 3.7a | 24.9 ± 3.2a,* | 26.3 ± 3.4† |
| Fat mass in the abdomen (g/cm3) | 17.5 ± 2.9a | 16.6 ± 3.25a,b | 15.0 ± 2.4b | 12.4 ± 2.8c,* | 11.4 ± 2.7† |
| Lean mass in the leg (g/cm3) | 5.33 ± 0.71b | 5.74 ± 0.89b | 6.76 ± 1.13a | 6.05 ± 0.87a,b,* | 6.89 ± 1.08† |
| Fat mass in the leg (g/cm3) | 5.12 ± 0.72a | 4.48 ± 0.65b | 4.39 ± 0.69b | 3.78 ± 0.57c | 3.27 ± 0.58† |
OVX-CON, OVX rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD) with 2 % dextrin; BC, OVX rats fed HFD with 2 % lyophilized water extracts of black carrot; BCAO, 2 % lyophilized water extract of black carrot fermented with Asperillus oryzae; BCLP, OVX rats fed HFD with 2 % lyophilized water extract of black carrot fermented with Lactobacillus plantarum; Sham-CON, Sham rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD) with 2 % dextrin
Mean ± standard deviation (n = 10)
†Significantly different from the OVX-CON by two-sampled t test at P < 0.05
a,bValues in the same column with different superscripts were significantly different by Tukey’s test at P < 0.05