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. 2019 Sep 11;195(2):551–558. doi: 10.1007/s12011-019-01888-z

Table 3.

Body weight (g) and relative weight of tissues (% body mass) (mean and standard deviation)

Group Initial body weight (g) Final body weight (g) Liver (%) Spleen (%) Pancreas (%) Kidneys (%) Heart (%)
2 days
C 182.1 ± 10.8 260.9 ± 15.6 2.67 ± 0.19ab 0.25 ± 0.04 0.38 ± 0.08b 0.68 ± 0.05 0.36 ± 0.02
D 182.3 ± 10.3 267.0 ± 17.2 2.69 ± 0.21ab 0.23 ± 0.02 0.38 ± 0.05ab 0.67 ± 0.05 0.34 ± 0.04
FE 182.1 ± 10.2 259.3 ± 17.4 2.74 ± 0.39b 0.25 ± 0.05 0.30 ± 0.06a 0.67 ± 0.04 0.35 ± 0.03
FOL 182.2 ± 10.1 262.7 ± 19.1 2.45 ± 0.25a 0.22 ± 0.03 0.35 ± 0.04ab 0.66 ± 0.04 0.34 ± 0.03
FEFOL 182.0 ± 10.3 264.7 ± 15.2 2.60 ± 0.31ab 0.25 ± 0.02 0.39 ± 0.07b 0.69 ± 0.04 0.34 ± 0.02
10 days
C 183.0 ± 10.3 274.7 ± 14.7 2.50 ± 0.24 0.23 ± 0.03 0.30 ± 0.07 0.64 ± 0.04 0.33 ± 0.04
D 182.8 ± 10.6 278.9 ± 17.9 2.49 ± 0.20 0.22 ± 0.04 0.35 ± 0.05 0.63 ± 0.12 0.33 ± 0.02
FE 183.0 ± 10.6 267.5 ± 17.2 2.36 ± 0.13 0.21 ± 0.04 0.35 ± 0.04 0.63 ± 0.02 0.32 ± 0.02
FOL 183.0 ± 10.3 275.3 ± 10.7 2.44 ± 0.44 0.24 ± 0.03 0.35 ± 0.07 0.65 ± 0.05 0.33 ± 0.03
FEFOL 183.1 ± 10.4 283.8 ± 22.1 2.34 ± 0.43 0.24 ± 0.03 0.36 ± 0.06 0.65 ± 0.05 0.34 ± 0.03
21 days
C 184.0 ± 13.5 289.8 ± 23.5 2.55 ± 0.21 0.25 ± 0.02 0.38 ± 0.13 0.65 ± 0.04 0.35 ± 0.03
D 184.0 ± 13.8 291.4 ± 19.5 2.51 ± 0.28 0.24 ± 0.03 0.34 ± 0.05 0.67 ± 0.05 0.37 ± 0.02
FE 183.7 ± 12.4 288.8 ± 24.8 2.45 ± 0.19 0.22 ± 0.02 0.33 ± 0.04 0.65 ± 0.06 0.35 ± 0.03
FOL 183.6 ± 11.7 286.1 ± 25.8 2.36 ± 0.48 0.21 ± 0.04 0.34 ± 0.04 0.63 ± 0.05 0.35 ± 0.02
FEFOL 183.8 ± 11.8 285.7 ± 22.5 2.38 ± 0.13 0.25 ± 0.03 0.33 ± 0.06 0.60 ± 0.10 0.31 ± 0.08

a,b,cSignificant differences between groups; ANOVA and Tukey’s test