Table 3.
Effect of purpurin on organ weights
| Organ weight (g) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart | Lung | Kidney | |
| Normal diet | 0.152 ± 0.026 | 0.171 ± 0.015 | 0.351 ± 0.035 |
| High-fat diet only (HFD) | 0.161 ± 0.015 | 0.180 ± 0.019 | 0.400 ± 0.019 |
| HFD + 40 mg/kg purpurin | 0.154 ± 0.017 | 0.183 ± 0.029 | 0.382 ± 0.039 |
| HFD + 80 mg/kg purpurin | 0.146 ± 0.029 | 0.178 ± 0.021 | 0.376 ± 0.038 |
Data are expressed as the mean ± SD of 10 mice experiments. No significant differences between test groups at p < 0.05