TABLE 3.
Effect of herbal tea and orlistat on the body, kidney and liver weights, body mass, kidney and liver indices of different groups of obesity rat model
| Groups | Body weight | BMI (g/cm2) | Kidney weight (g) | Kidney index (%) | Liver weight (g) | Liver index (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial (g) | Final (g) | Increase (%) | ||||||
| NC | 155 ± 15 | 218 ± 12 | 40.64# | 0.60 ± 0.05# | 1.56 ± 0.24 | 0.71 | 6.92 ± 1.11 | 3.17# |
| HFSDC | 143 ± 14 | 285 ± 12 | 99.30* | 0.79 ± 0.05* | 1.74 ± 0.17 | 0.61* | 10.1 ± 1.00 | 3.54* |
| PC | 145 ± 11 | 228 ± 21 | 57.24*# | 0.57 ± 0.05# | 1.57 ± 0.23 | 0.68# | 8.13 ± 1.13 | 3.45 |
| H‐250 | 132 ± 14 | 226 ± 18 | 71.21*# | 0.51 ± 0.03*# | 1.57 ± 0.23 | 0.64 | 7.76 ± 1.01 | 3.43 |
| H‐500 | 147 ± 13 | 231 ± 11 | 57.14*# | 0.50 ± 0.04*# | 1.55 ± 0.25 | 0.67 | 6.24 ± 1.09 | 3.41# |
| G‐250 | 146 ± 10 | 264 ± 16 | 80.82* | 0.66 ± 0.05# | 1.71 ± 0.18 | 0.63 | 8.69 ± 1.04 | 3.46* |
| G‐500 | 149 ± 13 | 244 ± 10 | 63.75*# | 0.61 ± 0.05# | 1.64 ± 0.21 | 0.66 | 7.94 ± 1.11 | 3.41# |
| HG‐250 | 147 ± 12 | 259 ± 11 | 76.19*# | 0.59 ± 0.04# | 1.59 ± 0.10 | 0.61 | 8.93 ± 0.88 | 3.45* |
| HG‐500 | 147 ± 11 | 232 ± 11 | 57.82*# | 0.53 ± 0.01*# | 1.48 ± 0.20 | 0.64 | 7.88 ± 1.00 | 3.40# |
Values are mean ± standard deviation of six rats of the same group.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; G‐250 and G‐500, ginger 250 and 500 mg/kg BW; H‐250 and H‐500, hibiscus 250 and 500 mg/kg BW; HFSDC, high‐fat and sugar diet control; HG‐250 and HG‐500, hibiscus:ginger (3:1) 250 and 500 mg/kg BW; NC, normal control.
PC, positive control.
*Significant (p ≤ .05) difference compared with NC.
#Significant (p ≤ .05) difference compared with HFSDC among all the groups.