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. 2020 Aug 21;9(9):1075. doi: 10.3390/plants9091075

Table 1.

Effects of propolis and nano-propolis on body weight (BW—g/rat), body weight change (BWC—g/rat/day) and feed intake (FI—g/rat/day) of the experimental groups (Mean ± SD).

Days Control CP Propolis NP-10 CP + Propolis CP + NP-10 CP + NP-30 p
BW IW 246.60 ± 3.94 247.75 ± 3.18 247.63 ± 13.42 245.33 ± 3.96 247.00 ± 1.48 243.93 ± 3.88 247.00 ± 3.63 NS
7. 273.50 ± 8.75 260.44 ± 2.17 275.63 ± 13.09 270.67 ± 1.86 264.60 ± 4.56 260.36 ± 3.60 261.25 ± 3.32 NS
14. 291.30 ± 3.52 a,b 272.44 ± 3.63 c 295.25 ± 3.40 a 299.08 ± 2.96 a 280.20 ± 9.29 b,c 276.64 ± 2.97 c 277.50 ± 4.32 b,c **
21. 312.80 ± 1.69 a 288.81 ± 2.38 b 314.25 ± 13.21 a 314.08 ± 4.67 a 310.70 ± 10.26 a 290.50 ± 3.90 b 294.81 ± 6.42 a,b **
BWC 1–7 3.84 ± 1.10 1.81 ± 0.29 4.00 ± 0.50 3.62 ± 0.66 2.52 ± 0.68 2.35 ± 0.35 2.04 ± 0.50 NS
8–14 2.54 ± 0.98 1.72 ± 0.40 2.80 ± 1.41 4.06 ± 0.62 2.23 ± 0.97 2.33 ± 0.50 2.32 ± 0.52 NS
15–21 3.07 ± 0.52 2.34 ± 0.54 2.72 ± 1.49 2.14 ± 0.66 4.36 ± 1.17 1.98 ± 0.47 2.48 ± 0.76 NS
1–21 3.15 ± 0.25 a,b 1.95 ± 0.21 c 3.18 ± 0.31 a,b 3.28 ± 0.34 a 3.03 ± 0.47 a,b 2.22 ± 0.21 b,c 2.28 ± 0.30 b,c **
FI 1–7 19.87 ± 0.86 19.59 ± 0.86 20.76 ± 0.47 19.89 ± 0.67 19.64 ± 1.08 19.33 ± 1.40 20.18 ± 0.91 NS
8–14 22.80 ± 0.52 19.67 ± 1.23 19.30 ± 0.36 22.00 ± 1.00 19.52 ± 0.75 19.14 ± 0.89 20.89 ± 1.23 NS
15–21 24.50 ± 0.49 a 20.49 ± 0.32 c 23.87 ± 0.11 a,b 23.70 ± 1.11 a,b 23.64 ± 1.35 a,b 22.07 ± 0.46 b,c 23.81 ± 0.75 a,b **
1–21 22.39 ± 0.13 a 19.92 ± 0.39 c 21.31 ± 0.24 a,b,c 21.87 ± 0.71 a,b 20.93 ± 0.63 a,b,c 20.18 ± 0.50 b,c 21.63 ± 0.78 a,b,c *

IW: Initial weight; CP: cisplatin; NP-10: 10 mg/kg BW of nano-propolis; NP-30: 30 mg/kg body weight of nano-propolis; a,b,c: Mean values with different superscripts within a row differ significantly; NS: non-significant; *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01.