Table 2.
Parameters | Control rats | Diabetic rats | P (ANOVA) | ||
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C | CM | D | DM | ||
Body weight (g) | 225 ± 6.21a | 220.82 ± 5.11a | 198.17 ± 4.37c | 210.27 ± 3.21b | 0.04 |
Food intake (g/day/rat) | 22.41 ± 0.22c | 23.11 ± 0.92c | 54.51 ± 0.34a | 38.34 ± 0.12b | 0.03 |
Energy intake (kcal/day/rat) | 125.50 ± 10.59c | 128.27 ± 8.48c | 206.18 ± 5.63a | 150.08 ± 16.80b | 0.001 |
C normal rats fed a control diet, CM normal rats fed a control diet enriched with microalgae at 10%, D diabetic rats fed only with control diet, DM diabetic rats fed a control diet enriched with microalgae at 10%
Values are presented as means ± SD (Standart deviation). Values with different superscript letters (a, b, c, d) are significantly different (ANOVA)