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. 2018 Mar 13;2018:3908453. doi: 10.1155/2018/3908453

Table 1.

Effect of fermented Cucurbita moschata extract on organs weight.

Name of organ ND HFD HFD + 0.3% HCA HFD + 0.1% FCME HFD + 0.3% FCME HFD + 0.5% FCME
Liver (g) 0.95 ± 0.05b 1.16 ± 0.05a 1.13 ± 0.05a 0.91 ± 0.04b 0.94 ± 0.05b 1.04 ± 0.04ab
Kidney (Right) (g) 0.18 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.01 0.17 ± 0.01 0.17 ± 0.01 0.17 ± 0.01
Kidney (Left) (g) 0.17 ± 0.01ab 0.18 ± 0.01a 0.17 ± 0.01ab 0.16 ± 0.01ab 0.15 ± 0.01b 0.16 ± 0.01ab
Spleen (g) 0.08 ± 0.00ab 0.09 ± 0.00a 0.07 ± 0.01ab 0.07 ± 0.00b 0.07 ± 0.00ab 0.07 ± 0.01b
Mesenteric adipose tissue (g) 0.40 ± 0.02b 1.01 ± 0.11a 0.80 ± 0.05a 0.57 ± 0.05b 0.49 ± 0.08b 0.81 ± 0.10a
Epididymal adipose tissue (g) 0.69 ± 0.06c 1.86 ± 0.17a 1.77 ± 0.07a 1.41 ± 0.11b 1.01 ± 0.15c 1.84 ± 0.10a
Subcutaneous adipose tissue (g) 0.36 ± 0.04c 1.08 ± 0.12a 0.95 ± 0.06a 0.65 ± 0.06b 0.46 ± 0.10bc 0.91 ± 0.11a
Perirenal adipose tissue (g) 0.29 ± 0.03c 1.03 ± 0.11a 0.94 ± 0.05a 0.57 ± 0.05b 0.46 ± 0.10bc 0.89 ± 0.07a
Total adipose tissue (g) 1.74 ± 0.12c 4.98 ± 0.48a 4.46 ± 0.20a 3.20 ± 0.23b 2.42 ± 0.41bc 4.45 ± 0.34a

ND: normal diet; HFD: high fat diet; HCA: hydroxycitric acid; FCME: fermented Cucurbita moschata extract. Values are presented as mean ± SE (n = 10); values not having the same superscript letter are significantly different (p < 0.05) by ANOVA.