Table 3.
Food and water intake in the first and last weeks of the experimental protocol (mean ± Standard Error).
| Group | n |
Food intake (g)
|
Water intake (mL)
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | Final | Initial | Final | ||
| I (MNU) | 6 | 15.90 ± 0.20 | 20.35 ± 0.59 b | 26.09 ± 2.91 | 36.22 ± 1.62 |
| II (MNU + ketotifen-1) | 8 | 15.47 ± 0.17 a | 16.15 ± 0.53 | 23.53 ± 1.52 | 48.51 ± 8.66 |
| III (MNU + ketotifen-2) | 7 | 15.90 ± 0.62 | 18.76 ± 0.85 | 25.84 ± 1.43 | 39.16 ± 17.58 |
| IV (ketotifen) | 2 | 17.74 ± 0.00 | 17.49 ± 0.00 | 25.90 ± 0.00 | 47.11 ± 0.00 |
| V (control) | 2 | 16.72 ± 0.00 | 24.02 ± 0.00 c | 23.44 ± 0.00 | 30.18 ± 0.00 |
a
Statistically different from group IV (P<0.05);
b
Statistically different from group II (P<0.05);
c
Statistically different from groups I, II, III and IV (P<0.05).