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Table 1 Effects of the diets on body weight, food intake and tissue weight (Exp.1)

From: Hypolipidemic potential of squid homogenate irrespective of a relatively high content of cholesterol

 

Control

Squid

Body weight

      

 Final (g)

396

±

14

401

±

8

 Gain (g/day)

4.40

±

0.31

4.80

±

0.10

 Food intake (g/day)

23.5

±

0.6

20.4

±

0.6*

Tissue weight

      

 Liver weight (g/100 g BW)

4.19

±

0.15

3.93

±

0.08

White adipose tissue weight (g/100 g BW)

      

 Perirenal

1.88

±

0.20

0.89

±

0.06*

 Epididymal

1.14

±

0.14

1.59

±

0.16

 Mesenteric

0.98

±

0.06

0.89

±

0.06

 Total

3.99

±

0.30

3.37

±

0.27

Brown adipose tissue weight (g/100 g BW)

0.142

±

0.013

0.121

±

0.009

  1. Data are mean ± SE (n = 6).
  2. *Significantly different from the control group at p < 0.05.