. 2020 Jun 23;27(10):2733–2746. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.06.026

Table 2.

Effect of experimental diets, Moringa olifera seed oil extrect and lycopene gavage on body weight, weight gain, feed consumption and relative organs weight.

Parameters	Group I (C)	Group II (MC)	Group III (LC)	Group IV (O)	Group V (MO)	Group VI (LO)
Initial body weight (g)	105.83 ± 2.38^a	107.50 ± 2.14 ^a	109.17 ± 2.38 ^a	105.00 ± 1.82 ^a	106.67 ± 1.66 ^a	106.67 ± 2.47 ^a
Final body weight (g)	230.33 ± 10.31^b	226.33 ± 8.53^bc	234.33 ± 6.10 ^ab	260.67 ± 6.29 ^a	201.17 ± 15.82^c	203.17 ± 11.48^c
Weight gain (g)	124.50 ± 8.37^b	118.83 ± 6.46^b	125.17 ± 3.98^b	155.67 ± 4.85 ^a	94.50 ± 14.87 ^bc	96.50 ± 22.89 ^bc
Feed intake (g)	29.44 ± 2.86^b	33.26 ± 0.13^a	33.74 ± 0.70^a	25.23 ± 0.43^c	27.77 ± 0.50^bc	28.02 ± 54^bc
Liver relative weight (%)	2.59 ± 0.22^a	2.20 ± 0.16^a	2.23 ± 0.04^a	2.41 ± 0.10^a	2.28 ± 0.06^a	2.24 ± 0.08^a
Kidney relative weight (%)	0.30 ± 0.01^a	0.30 ± 0.01^a	0.31 ± 0.01^a	0.23 ± 0.04^a	0.25 ± 0.03^a	0.26 ± 0.08^a
Sub-lumbar Fat relative Weight (%)	1.11 ± 0.02^c	1.13 ± 0.02^c	1.12 ± 0.02^c	3.23 ± 0.20^a	1.87 ± 0.27^b	1.87 ± 0.18^b
Epididymal fat relative weight (%)	0.99 ± 0.10^c	0.97 ± 0.05^c	3.02 ± 0.20^a	1.59 ± 0.16^b	1.58 ± 0.08^b	0.90 ± 0.09^c

Superscripts ^a,b,c within the same row considered significant at P < 0.05.