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. 2020 Nov 2;19(2):1483–1490. doi: 10.1007/s40200-020-00681-3

Table 2.

Effects of N. gaditana on body weight, food and energy intake

Parameters Control rats Diabetic rats P (ANOVA)
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)