Table 3. Body weights, food intakes, and water consumption in SAMP8 mice fed with different doses of erinacine A-enriched H. erinaceus mycelia for 13 weeks.
Sex | Groups | Body Weight (g) | Food Intake (g/day) | Water Consumption (mL/day) | ||||||||||||
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Initial | Final | Gain | ||||||||||||||
Male | Control | 28.40 | ± | 0.27 | 31.26 | ± | 0.30 | 2.85 | ± | 0.14 | 5.59 | ± | 0.05 | 6.32 | ± | 0.10 |
Low-dose | 28.21 | ± | 0.18 | 30.82 | ± | 0.24 | 2.61 | ± | 0.16 | 5.65 | ± | 0.04 | 6.36 | ± | 0.09 | |
Mid-dose | 28.22 | ± | 0.20 | 30.85 | ± | 0.23 | 2.63 | ± | 0.17 | 5.57 | ± | 0.05 | 6.45 | ± | 0.08 | |
High-dose | 28.38 | ± | 0.27 | 31.03 | ± | 0.39 | 2.65 | ± | 0.24 | 5.58 | ± | 0.06 | 6.52 | ± | 0.09 | |
Female | Control | 28.44 | ± | 0.18 | 29.61 | ± | 0.22 | 1.17 | ± | 0.09 | 4.95 | ± | 0.05 | 4.97 | ± | 0.08 |
Low-dose | 28.69 | ± | 0.20 | 29.72 | ± | 0.23 | 1.03 | ± | 0.09 | 5.00 | ± | 0.04 | 4.97 | ± | 0.07 | |
Mid-dose | 28.71 | ± | 0.25 | 29.80 | ± | 0.31 | 1.09 | ± | 0.15 | 5.02 | ± | 0.05 | 4.91 | ± | 0.06 | |
High-dose | 28.57 | ± | 0.14 | 29.53 | ± | 0.17 | 0.96 | ± | 0.11 | 4.96 | ± | 0.04 | 4.98 | ± | 0.08 |
Values were expressed as mean ± SEM and analyzed by one-way ANOVA (n = 80).