Table 1. Growth performance of young-adult rats (79–88 days of life) treated per gavage with C. vulgaris functional alcoholic beverage (CFAB), cachaça and water.

	Control	CFAB	Cachaça
Final weight (g)	361.8 ± 5.34a	292.2 ± 9.66b	297.8 ± 5.29b
Weight gain (g)	62.15 ± 18.74a	32.63 ± 9.84b	46.5 ± 14.02ab
Age (days)	88	79	79
Radical scavenging (%)	0	77.2	36.7

Data represent mean ± standard deviation of nine individuals for each treatment. Different letters on the same line indicate a significant difference by the Tukey’s post-hoc test (p <0.05).