Table 3.
Mean body weight of rats at 6 and 12 weeks of exposure (mean ± SD).
| Body Weight, g | Body Weight Gain Throughout the Period of Experience |
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|---|---|---|---|
| at 6 Week | at 12 Week | ||
| Experiment 1 | |||
| Control | 231.9 b ± 22.1 | 336.6 b ± 17.9 | 105.6 d ± 3.74 |
| 0.5% TA | 245.7 b ± 9.98 | 339.3 b ± 31.5 | 94.37 c ± 3.05 |
| 1% TA | 246.0 b ± 15.4 | 329.1 b ± 25.7 | 83.19 b ± 1.98 |
| 1.5% TA | 255.8 b ± 21.1 | 330.5 b ± 21.3 | 74.74 a ± 5.22 |
| 2% TA | 261.9 b ± 17.6 | 344.8 b ± 9.64 | 83.81 b ± 4.07 |
| 2.5% TA | 197.5 a ± 8.39 | 290.5 a ± 15.6 | 93.50 c ± 2.95 |
| Experiment 2 | |||
| Control | 255.6 b ± 9.05 | 342.6 b ± 8.35 | 132.0 bc ± 7.22 |
| BT | 241.1 ab ± 17.1 | 343.6 b ± 20.2 | 138.0 c ± 18.3 |
| GT | 232.4 a ± 8.23 | 316.4 a ± 19.1 | 105.5 a ± 13.7 |
| RT | 261.8 b ± 21.2 | 334.2 b ± 16.2 | 126.1 b ± 18.9 |
| WT | 256.2 b ± 20.4 | 343.5 b ± 30.4 | 133.6 bc ± 25.4 |
a, b, c, d significant differences between groups (p < 0.05); SD—standard deviation.