Table 1.

Effect of iron and/or tucum-do-cerrado intake in the body weight gain, dietary intake and dietary iron intake of adult rats treated for 12 weeks.

	CT	+Fe	Tuc	Tuc + Fe
Body weight gain (g)	218.7 ± 29.2	223.8 ± 26.8	195.3 ± 31.4	197.2 ± 39.8
Dietary intake (g/12 weeks)	1558.6 ± 106.8	1642.0 ± 89.6	1534.7 ± 73.7	1604.7 ± 188.9
Dietary iron intake (mg/12 weeks)	38.5 ± 2.6	352.4 ± 19.2 *	44.0 ± 2.1	347.7 ± 40.9 *,#

CT, group treated with control diet AIN-93G; +Fe, group treated with AIN-93G diet containing 350 mg of iron/kg of diet; Tuc, AIN-93G diet added of 15% tucum-do-cerrado; Tuc + Fe, group treated AIN-93G diet containing 350 mg of iron/kg of diet and added of 15% tucum-do-cerrado. Data correspond to average ± standard deviation (n = 6). * Statistical differences compared to CT group (p < 0.05). ^# Statistical differences compared to Tuc group (p < 0.05).