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. 2016 Feb 17;8(2):38. doi: 10.3390/nu8020038

Table 1.

Effects of tucum-do-cerrado (Bactris setosa Mart.) consumption on dietary intake and the body weight gain of rats treated with AIN-93G diet supplemented or not supplemented with iron for 30 days.

Dietary Intake (g) CNT Fe Tuc TucFe
573.9 ± 36.1 512.8 ± 48.1 571.5 ± 56.5 584.1 ± 35.6
Body Weight Gain (g) 104.5 ± 19.2 105.2 ± 7.4 82.4 ± 10.8 97.8 ± 24.0
Iron Intake (mg) 18.8 ± 1.0 117.0 ± 11.0 * 24.1 ± 2.4 123.9 ± 7.6 *
Tucum-Do-Cerrado Intake (g) 66.8 ± 6.6 * 68.2 ± 3.7 *,#

Control group (CNT); iron-enriched group (Fe); tucum-do-cerrado group (Tuc); tucum-do-cerrado iron-enriched group (TucFe). Data are means ± SD (n = 6). Significant differences (p < 0.05): * Comparison to the Control group; # Comparison to the Fe group.