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. 2016 Oct 15;21(10):1374. doi: 10.3390/molecules21101374

Table 1.

Fasted body weight, body weight gain, tissue weight, ratio of tissue-to-body weight and hemoglobin A1 of rats after the experiment for four weeks a [23].

Wt, Wt Gain and Ratio Normal Control Crude Extract of V. dilatatum Fruit-Low Crude Extract of V. dilatatum Fruit-High
Final body wt (g) 337.8 ± 17.7 238.2 ± 22.6 c 239.5 ± 19.4 c 244.7 ± 12.6 c
Body wt gain (g) 142.4 ± 14.5 55.2 ± 16.2 c 56.4 ± 14.2 c 60.1 ± 7.7 c
Liver wt (g) 10.65 ± 0.73 8.96 ± 0.72 c 8.30 ± 0.64 c 8.02 ± 0.83 c
Kidney wt (g) 2.462 ± 0.189 2.208 ± 0.263 1.895 ± 0.310 c 1.846 ± 0.359 c
Pancreas wt (g) 0.946 ± 0.180 0.597 ± 0.076 c 0.632 ± 0.151 c 0.664 ± 0.081 c
Tissue-to-body wt ratio b Liver (g/100 g) 3.162 ± 0.294 3.771 ± 0.216 3.485 ± 0.378 3.288 ± 0.434
Kidney (g/100 g) 0.730 ± 0.071 0.930 ± 0.111 c 0.789 ± 0.093 0.751 ± 0.115
Pancreas (g/100 g) 0.279 ± 0.042 0.252 ± 0.032 0.266 ± 0.067 0.271 ± 0.032
Hemoglobin A1 (%) 2.16 ± 0.18 4.27 0.60 c 3.29 ± 0.84 c 2.65 ± 0.36 d

a Rats were fasted for 20 h after the experimental period of 4 weeks. Data represent the mean ± SD of five rats. b Tissue weight per 100 g of body weight. Significant difference is indicated from the normal c and control d groups at p < 0.05.