Table 1.

The amount of winter mushroom consumption and its effects on the general variables of the mice (mean ± SE).

	Control	3 g/kg/d	6 g/kg/d	9 g/kg/d	P
Amount ingested, g/kg/da	—	2.8 ± 0.2b	5.9 ± 0.2b	8.5 ± 0.4b	<0.0004
Fresh mushroom, g/kg/da,c	—	18.7 ± 1.0b	39.5 ± 1.4b	56.6 ± 2.7b	<0.0004
Calculated human dose, kg/da,d	—	1.1 ± 0.1b	2.4 ± 0.1b	3.4 ± 0.2b	<0.0004
Corrected human dose, g/da,e	—	91 ± 5b	193 ± 7b	276 ± 13b	<0.0004
BM change, %	–1.5 ± 0.9	0.7 ± 0.6b	1.5 ± 0.4b	–1.2 ± 0.7	0.001
Water intake, ml/g BM	1.3 ± <0.1	1.3 ± 0.1	1.2 ± 0.1	1.3 ± 0.1	0.900
Food intake, g/g BM	0.7 ± <0.1	0.7 ± <0.1	0.7 ± <0.1	0.7 ± <0.1	0.569
Liver mass/BM, %	5.14 ± 0.16	6.35 ± 0.83b	5.03 ± 0.99	5.08 ± 0.09	0.047
Kidneys mass/BM, %	1.86 ± 0.07	2.01 ± 0.16	1.88 ± 0.04	1.88 ± 0.06	0.576
Spleen mass/BM, %	0.44 ± 0.03	0.44 ± 0.06	0.38 ± 0.04	0.41 ± 0.03	0.769
Adrenals mass/BM, ‰	0.16 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.02	0.17 ± 0.03	0.14 ± 0.01	0.759
Testes mass/BM, %	0.47 ± 0.02	0.42 ± 0.05	0.48 ± 0.03	0.47 ± 0.03	0.429

BM: body mass.

^aAll dose groups differ significantly from each other (generalized linear model, P < 0.05).

^bDiffers significantly from the controls (generalized linear model, P < 0.05).

^cThe calculated dose of fresh mushroom.

^dThe calculated dose of fresh mushroom for a 60-kg person.

^eThe calculated dose of fresh mushroom for a 60-kg person normalized to body surface area.²⁵