TABLE 2.

The body weight (g) of rats before and during the experiments.

	SC	EC	E + 1h	E + 2h	E + (1 + 1)h
Before intervention	188.22 ± 9.65	187.05 ± 10.12	189.38 ± 11.36	185.59 ± 9.98	189.01 ± 10.88
1st week	210.78 ± 12.68	205.40 ± 19.23	205.66 ± 15.98	207.06 ± 17.97	209.65 ± 16.11
2nd week	237.14 ± 26.70	221.10 ± 30.58	219.26 ± 21.55	218.87 ± 26.31	222.18 ± 23.89
3rd week	256.63 ± 31.20	217.35 ± 26.90*	215.36 ± 25.57*	217.01 ± 25.32*	220.10 ± 27.32*
4th week	283.00 ± 32.42	228.25 ± 27.82**	229.37 ± 28.67**	226.86 ± 27.06**	229.63 ± 30.27**
5th week	304.50 ± 37.19	234.25 ± 29.47**	239.56 ± 28.65**	232.28 ± 29.56**	238.51 ± 31.56**
6th week	328.60 ± 36.25	229.37 ± 35.07**	232.78 ± 38.53**	231.37 ± 33.61**	230.79 ± 37.25**

*Significantly different from SC, P < 0.05. **Significantly different from SC, P < 0.01.