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Table 1 Effects of various compounds on weight gain of 8-week-old and 46-week-old C57BL/6 male mice after feeding for four weeks1

From: Inhibition of nitric oxide in LPS-stimulated macrophages of young and senescent mice by δ-tocotrienol and quercetin

NO

 

Weight gain in gm (8-week-old)

Weight gain in gm (46-week-old)

 

C57BL/6 male mice2

Pre-Feeding

Post-Feeding

Pre-Feeding

Post-Feeding

1

Control Diet (CD)

21.43 ± 2.25a (100)3

27.54 ± 2.56b (129)3

30.32 ± 2.63a (100)3

37.31 ± 3.46b (123)3

2

CD + Quercetin (100 ppm)

22.72 ± 2.42a (100)

27.92 ± 2.37b (123)

28.47 ± 2.52a (100)

36.62 ± 3.76b (129)

3

CDA + δ-Tocotrienol (100 ppm)

20.25 ± 2.26a (100)

26.42 ± 2.51b (130)

30.33 ± 2.64a (100)

37.32 ± 3.38b (123)

4

CD + Dexamathasone (10 ppm)

21.47 ± 2.62a (100)

23.53 ± 2.41a (110)

31.58 ± 3.22a (100)

33.61 ± 3.21a (106)

  1. 1Each compound (200 mg or 20 mg) was dissolved in ethanol (100 mL) and mixed with powder commercial diet (2 kg).
  2. 2Data are means ± SD, n = 3 mice per group.
  3. 3Percentage of gain in weight in each group compared to respective control group are in parenthesis.
  4. a-bValues in a row not sharing a common superscript letter are significantly different at P < 0.05.