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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Nanotechnol. 2015 Dec;11(12):2197–2210. doi: 10.1166/jbn.2015.2156

Table V.

Effect of subcutaneous administration of nicotine vaccine on weight gains, feed consumption and water consumption of Balb/c mice.

Body weight (g)
Food consumption
(g/day)
Water consumption
(g/day)
Initial Final Change
LIP + Alum 18.0 ± 1.6 20.9 ± 1.9 2.9 ± 0.6 2.8 ± 0.2 4.6 ± 0.5
NsL + Alum 17.9 ± 1.4 20.7 ± 1.7 2.8 ± 0.6 2.9 ± 0.2 4.3 ± 0.5
Nic- BSA + Alum 17.4 ± 0.7 20.4 ± 1.1 3.0 ± 0.7 2.6 ± 0.1 4.2 ± 0.5
Nic-BSA-NsL 18.4 ± 1.1 21.3 ± 1.5 2.9 ± 0.5 2.7 ± 0.3 4.4 ± 0.6
Nic-BSA-NsL + Alum 19.0 ± 0.9 21.7 ± 2.3 2.7 ± 1.7 2.8 ± 0.3 4.3 ± 0.7
Nic-BSA-LIP 17.9 ± 1.3 20.4 ± 1.6 2.5 ± 0.3 2.7 ± 0.4 4.6 ± 0.7
Nic-BSA-LIP + Alum 18.2 ± 1.4 21.0 ± 1.4 2.8 ± 0.9 2.7 ± 0.2 4.4 ± 0.6

Notes: Results of the mean body weight gains, feed consumption and water consumption of seven groups of mice are expressed as means ± SD. Data were analyzed by paired t tests and no differences were significant (P > 0.05, n = 8).