Table 1.

Effects of subcritical water-hydrolyzed citrus pectin (LSCP, MSCP, and HSCP at 300, 600, and 1200 mg/kg·bw, respectively) and original citrus pectin (1200 mg/kg·bw) on body weight and immune organ indices in immunosuppressed mice.

Groups	Body Weight (g)	Body Weight Gain after Treatment with Cy (g)	Thymus Index (mg/g)	Spleen Index (mg/g)
Control	33.38±1.32	5.24 ± 1.57	1.47 ± 0.38	2.72 ± 0.67
Cy	31.62 ± 1.94	3.61 ± 0.54 *	1.39 ± 0.01	2.31 ± 0.50
Cy + LMS	32.46 ± 1.16	4.62 ± 0.72 #	1.26 ± 0.26	2.70 ± 0.24
Cy + LSCP	31.76 ± 2.93	4.22 ± 1.34 #	1.31 ± 0.24	3.06 ± 0.26 #
Cy + MSCP	30.02 ± 2.29 *	3.75 ± 0.90	1.40 ± 0.41	2.65 ± 0.29
Cy + HSCP	30.72 ± 2.63 *	4.14 ± 0.83	1.18 ± 0.24	2.41 ± 0.33
Cy + CP	29.50 ± 1.83 ***	3.02 ± 1.16 *	1.20 ± 0.25	2.46 ± 0.34

LSCP, low-dose SCP; MSCP, middle-dose SCP; HSCP, high-dose SCP. The values expressed as mean ± SD, n = 5. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, compared to the control group; # p < 0.05, ## p < 0.01, ### p < 0.001, compared to the Cy group.