Table 2. Food consumption of rats administered Na-DHA (g/day/rat).
Control | 50 mg/kg | 100 mg/kg | 150 mg/kg | 200 mg/kg | ||
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3 days | ♀ | 18.03 ± 0.61ab | 19.93 ± 0.06c | 18.89 ± 0.08bc | 18.61 ± 0.05b | 17.26 ± 0.14a |
♂ | 22.99 ± 0.34abc | 23.81 ± 0.00c | 22.10 ± 0.05a | 22.78 ± 0.03ab | 23.08 ± 0.04bc | |
7 days | ♀ | 21.96 ± 0.41c | 17.63 ± 0.47b | 17.32 ± 0.33b | 17.39 ± 0.22b | 15.67 ± 0.43a |
♂ | 28.19 ± 0.23d | 27.78 ± 0.00c | 25.01 ± 0.01b | 23.39 ± 0.06b | 22.22 ± 0.11a | |
13 days | ♀ | 25.35 ± 0.99b | 7.75 ± 0.09a | 7.08 ± 0.15a | 6.11 ± 0.47a | 6.88 ± 0.75a |
♂ | 34.97 ± 0.67c | 13.19 ± 0.20b | 10.81 ± 0.03a | 9.95 ± 0.02a | 10.21 ± 0.23a |
Different letters on the same line denote significant differences from control, *p < 0.05, whereas the same letters on the same line denote no significant difference (p > 0.05).