TABLE 2.
Effect of the Dihydro-p-coumaric acid on body weight, food intake and water intake on BALB/c mice in sub-acute toxicity study.
| Female | Male | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial weight | Day 7 (g) | Day 14 (g) | Food intake (g/day/mice) | Water intake (ml/day/mice) | Initial weight | Day 7 (g) | Day 14 (g) | Food intake (g/day/mice) | Water intake (ml/day/mice) | |
| Control | 19.18 ± 0.31b | 18.62 ± 0.87a | 21.34 ± 0.35b | 2.54 ± 0.13a | 3.69 ± 0.09c | 16.10 ± 0.88a | 16.82 ± 0.92a | 17.94 ± 0.70a | 2.82 ± 0.49a | 4.03 ± 0.06c |
| 50 mg/kg bw | 18.36 ± 0.74a | 19.48 ± 0.69b | 20.24 ± 0.64a | 2.50 ± 0.08a | 2.81 ± 0.02a | 17.08 ± 0.47b | 17.62 ± 0.42a | 18.48 ± 0.40a | 3.68 ± 0.40b | 3.69 ± 0.09b |
| 500 mg/kg bw | 19.32 ± 0.52a | 20.04 ± 0.28b | 20.86 ± 0.33a | 2.51 ± 0.06a | 2.94 ± 0.16a | 16.54 ± 0.68a | 18.76 ± 0.05b | 17.72 ± 0.73a | 2.98 ± 0.24a | 3.42 ± 0.13a |
Values are expressed as mean ± SEM (df = 4) followed by the same letter of the alphabet (a, b) do not differ significantly each other (ANOVA, Tukey test post-hoc, p > 0.05).