Table 1.

Effects of D-methionine on body weight, body weight gain and food intake in cisplatin-treated rats.

	Control	D-methionine	Cisplatin	Cisplatin + D-methionine
Initial body weight (g)	304.13 ± 9.09	301.60 ± 10.95	308.63 ± 11.78	305.75 ± 10.79
Final body weight (g)	378.88 ± 9.85	370.80 ± 10.66	266.0 ± 11.66*	331.63 ± 11.30* #
Initial food intake (g)	28.75 ± 2.18	26.67 ± 0.47	29.75 ± 0.94	28.63 ± 1.19
Final food intake (g)	26.92 ± 1.40	25.67 ± 0.47	2.90 ± 2.29*	13.78 ± 6.05* #

Data are presented as mean ± SEM, n = 5–8. Differences were analyzed by one-way ANOVA.

^*represents a significant difference when compared with the control group;

^#represents a significant difference when compared with the cisplatin group (p < 0.05).

ANOVA, analysis of variance; SEM, standard error of the mean.