Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 4 Effect of fenugreek on the body weight, energy intake, tissue weights and plasma parameters of experiment 2

From: Fenugreek with reduced bitterness prevents diet-induced metabolic disorders in rats

	Ctrl			Fen			FRB⁶
	Ctrl			Fen			0.12%			0.24%			1.2%
Total energy intake (kJ)	34,686	±	363	35,076	±	184	35,332	±	42*	35,119	±	196*	35,319	±	40
Final body weight (g)	757	±	21^ab	792	±	13^a	789	±	18^ab	773	±	16^ab	717	±	14^b
EER¹ (mg/kJ)	1.54	±	0.32	2.86	±	0.31	2.51	±	0.46	2.38	±	0.21	0.39	±	0.52*
Liver weight (g)	21.3	±	0.9	21.3	±	1.1	21.6	±	0.7	21.8	±	1.4	19.3	±	0.6
EWAT² weight (g)	21.0	±	0.6	23.6	±	1.4	22.7	±	1.6	20.3	±	1.2	15.7	±	1.5*
Soleuse weight (g)	0.40	±	0.02	0.44	±	0.02	0.51	±	0.08	0.51	±	0.07	0.54	±	0.06*
Plasma TG³ (mmol/L)	1.34	±	0.24	1.73	±	0.36	1.49	±	0.34	1.43	±	0.37	1.27	±	0.26
Plasma TC⁴ (mmol/L)	1.95	±	0.11	1.80	±	0.05	1.81	±	0.12	1.76	±	0.15	1.60	±	0.09*
AST (U/L)	58.8	±	4.1	56.5	±	3.5	52.0	±	2.9	57.0	±	4.5	52.4	±	1.4
ALT (U/L)	19.6	±	2.0	21.1	±	2.5	18.3	±	1.8	20.3	±	3.5	25.0	±	4.0
AST/ALT⁵	1.29	±	0.18	1.13	±	0.07	1.18	±	0.08	1.29	±	0.21	0.95	±	0.11

Ctrl: Control group, Fen: Fenugreek group. ¹EER (mg/kJ) = Body weight gain (mg)/Total food intake (kJ). ²EWAT: Epididymal white adipose tissue. ³TG: Triglyceride. ⁴TC: Total cholesterol. ⁵The relative values for Normal rats' data; AST/ALT = AST (U/L)/ALT (U/L)/Normal rats' data. ⁶FRB contains 96% of protodioscin converted to dioscin. Values are expressed as Mean ± SEM for 7–8 rats. Mean without a common superscript letter is significantly different, P < 0.05 (ANOVA). Asterisks indicate a difference from Ctrl: P < 0.05 (t-test).

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