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Table 5 Food intake data (g) during experimentation period for male and female rats

From: Irvingia gabonensis fat: nutritional properties and effect of increasing amounts on the growth and lipid metabolism of young rats wistar sp

 

Weeks

 

Diets

S1

S2

S3

M ± SEM

Male (n = 5)

IG0

7.39 ± 3.49

26.89 ± 4.52

40.57 ± 7.24

19.88 ± 14.26

IG1

10.28 ± 5.48a**

24.82 ± 8.69a

30.14 ± 9.36a

18.81 ± 11.09a

IG2

7.60 ± 5.01b

27.71 ± 6.69a,b

42.36 ± 9.80b

20.59 ± 15.53a

IG3

9.19 ± 3.38a,b

30.05 ± 6.32b

32.79 ± 10.91a,b

21.15 ± 13.87a

Female (n = 5)

IG0

9.91 ± 4.13

26.88 ± 6.42

44.95 ± 10.96

22.01 ± 15.21

IG1

7.72 ± 3.26a

28.71 ± 5.44a

30.14 ± 9.36a

22.97 ± 20.02a

IG2

11.03 ± 7.29b

24.91 ± 5.07a

42.36 ± 9.80a,b

20.87 ± 13.65a

IG3

10.18 ± 3.60a,b

27.43 ± 7.34a

32.79 ± 10.91b

20.92 ± 12.86a

  1. S1, S2 and S3 (week 1, week 2 and week 3 respectively
  2. IG0: control diet with 80 g of soya fat; IG1: test 1 diet with 50 g of dika nut fat
  3. IG2: test2 diet with 70 g of dika nut fat; IG3: test3 diet with 120 g of dika nut fat
  4. In the columns, the values affected of the same letter are not significantly different (P > 0.05) and the value with different letter are significantly different (P < 0.05). (Bonferroni between treated animals).
  5. * Significantly different from fat control in the same sex (P < 0.05). (Dunnett's)
  6. **significantly different from fat control in the same sex (p < 0.01). (Dunnett's)