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Table 1 Body weight and the relative weight of the tissue (%)1 in the rats receiving alcohol

From: Anti-oxidant and anti-hyperlipidemic effects of cordycepin-rich Cordyceps militaris in a Sprague–Dawley rat model of alcohol-induced hyperlipidemia and oxidative stress

 

N

C

PJ

CM

CMα

SM

Initial body weight (g)

167.7 ± 2.95a

167.2 ± 3.25a

166.1 ± 2.48a

166.0 ± 2.25a

164.8 ± 1.86a

164.8 ± 1.86a

Final body weight (g)

407.3 ± 10.9a

342.7 ± 7.78b

327.3 ± 11.0c

349.0 ± 9.81bc

326.9 ± 16.7bc

356.7 ± 10.4bc

Liver (%)

3.05 ± 0.20ac

3.56 ± 0.20b

2.86 ± 0.07ac

2.67 ± 0.13a

3.12 ± 0.09c

2.91 ± 0.12ac

Kidney (%)

0.69 ± 0.01a

0.77 ± 0.03bc

0.71 ± 0.02ac

0.68 ± 0.01a

0.81 ± 0.05b

0.73 ± 0.02ac

Heart (%)

0.35 ± 0.01a

0.36 ± 0.01a

0.37 ± 0.01a

0.36 ± 0.01a

0.36 ± 0.01a

0.36 ± 0.01a

Spleen (%)

0.21 ± 0.01a

0.21 ± 0.01a

0.25 ± 0.01bc

0.22 ± 0.01ac

0.27 ± 0.02b

0.20 ± 0.01a

Testis (%)

0.94 ± 0.03a

0.99 ± 0.03ab

1.11 ± 0.03b

0.96 ± 0.05a

1.12 ± 0.04b

1.02 ± 0.06ab

Perirenal fat (%)

2.26 ± 0.14a

1.54 ± 0.15b

1.53 ± 0.14b

1.47 ± 0.09b

1.15 ± 0.06b

1.43 ± 0.16b

Epididymal fat (%)

2.18 ± 0.18a

1.76 ± 0.10bc

1.87 ± 0.16ac

1.61 ± 0.06bc

1.43 ± 0.05b

1.58 ± 0.14bc

  1. N, normal; C, control; PJ, Psoroglaena japonica; CM, Cordyceps militaris; CMα, cordycepin-rich C. militaris; SM, syrimarin
  2. 1The relative weight of the tissue (%) represents the ratio of the tissue weight to the body weight