TABLE 3.

Effect of hanpen on body weight, organ weight, adipose tissue weight, and muscle weight in Sprague‐Dawley rats (n = 8)

		Group I (without hanpen)	Group II (with hanpen)
Total food intake	g	1765.230 ± 53.057	1906.075 ± 41.148
Initial body weight	g	193.788 ± 1.687	193.663 ± 2.651
Final body weight	g	559.138 ± 18.433	589.038 ± 12.179
Liver	g	19.335 ± 0.869	22.245 ± 0.851*, a , **
Kidney	g	3.119 ± 0.088	3.480 ± 0.106*, a , **
Spleen	g	0.902 ± 0.048	0.908 ± 0.040
White adipose tissue	g	27.660 ± 2.190	30.299 ± 1.065
Brown adipose tissue	g	0.291 ± 0.020	0.285 ± 0.021
Muscle	g	6.960 ± 0.217	6.556 ± 0.066

Results are expressed as mean ± standard error. Statistical significance was evaluated by Student's t test.

^* p < .05 versus group I.