Fig. 1.

Changes in body weight in ICR male and female mice fed with BP for 24 weeks. All ICR mice, aged 5 weeks, were randomly assigned into 4 groups, 5 males/females a group. Each group was given a standard diet and a standard diet containing 0.5% BP, 1.5% BP, 2.5% BP, 5% BP and 10% BP for 24 weeks. Body weight in each group of males (a) and females (b) was monitored before and after 13-week treatment. The data from each group are expressed as mean ± SEM. ANOVA was used to compare the difference between the control and treatment groups. P values of less than 0.05 (*) are considered statistically significant.