Table 3.

Effects of puerarin on body weight, food intake, and organ and fat coefficient.

Groups	NG	MG	FG	PH	PL
Initial weight (g)	360.00 ± 16.26	359.71 ± 15.48	361.13 ± 17.82	360.75 ± 17.40	359.38 ± 16.25
Final weight (g)	598.67 ± 24.31	761.45 ± 51.95**	570.67 ± 32.56##	660.67 ± 23.39**##	649.00 ± 33.25**##
Food intake (g/day)	25.26 ± 2.90	23.53 ± 1.84	18.29 ± 2.35##**	22.43 ± 2.00	22.54 ± 2.32
Spleen index (%)	0.13 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01	0.14 ± 0.01#	0.11 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.01
Liver index (%)	2.13 ± 0.11	2.38 ± 0.12*	6.04 ± 0.68##**	2.17.14#	2.08 ± 0.05##
Kidney index (%)	0.51 ± 0.02	0.46 ± 0.02*	0.64 ± 0.07**##	0.46 ± 0.02*	0.46 ± 0.03*
Perirenal index (%)	0.49 ± 0.09	1.09 ± 0.10**	0.64 ± 0.14**##	0.79 ± 0.12**##	0.81 ± 0.05**##
Abdominal fat (%)	1.51 ± 0.20	4.28 ± 0.54**	1.25 ± 0.22**##	2.65 ± 0.37**##	2.61 ± 0.33**##
Epididymal fat (%)	1.61 ± 0.18	2.67 ± 0.36**	1.31 ± 0.34**##	2.69 ± 0.19**	2.41 ± 0.13**##

Data were expressed as mean ± SD (n = 10), *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, vs. NG; ^#p < 0.05, ^##p < 0.01, vs. MG.