Table 1.
The changes of liver weight and adipose tissue weight in normal and high-fructose rats fed the different experimental diets.
| Tissue Weight | Groups | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | HF | HF + CS | |
| Liver weight (g) | 28.1 ± 4.1 * | 35.7 ± 6.3 | 23.7 ± 5.2 * |
| Relative liver weight (g/100 g BW) | 5.3 ± 0.6 * | 6.1 ± 0.9 | 4.4 ± 0.7 * |
| Adipose tissue weight(g) | 21.4 ± 5.1 * | 28.6 ± 8.4 | 19.2 ± 5.6 * |
| Relative adipose tissue weight (g/100 g BW) | 4.0 ± 1.0 | 4.9 ± 1.2 | 3.6 ± 1.1 * |
| Retroperitoneal adipose weight(g) | 13.9 ± 3.3 * | 18.7 ± 5.7 | 12.5 ± 4.0 * |
| Relative retroperitoneal adipose weight (g/100 g BW) | 2.6 ± 0.6 | 3.2 ± 0.8 | 2.4 ± 0.8 * |
| Epididymal adipose weight(g) | 7.5 ± 2.3 | 9.9 ± 2.9 | 7.1 ± 2.2 * |
| Relative epididymal adipose weight (g/100 g BW) | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 1.7 ± 0.5 | 1.3± 0.4 * |
Results are expressed as mean ± SD for n = 8 rats per each group. Normal: normal control, HF: high fructose, HF + CS: high fructose + chitosan. * p < 0.05 compared with HF by independent-sample’s t-test.