The effects of tualang honey on female reproductive organs, tibia bone and hormonal profile in ovariectomised rats - animal model for menopause

Table 4 Effects of Tualang honey on changes in body weight and total food intake after 2 weeks administration

	SHAM	OVX	THL (0.2 g/kg)	THM (1.0 g/kg)	THH (2.0 g/kg)
Body weight on the first day of treatment (g)	229.0	226.0	221.0	229.0	229.0
Body weight at sacrifice (g)	234.0	261.0	252.0	259.0	258.0
Changes in body weight (%)	4.63 (3.00)**	17.60 (5.00)	15.38 (3.00)*	13.51 (7.00)*	10.73 (8.00)**
Total food intake (g)	211.0 (70.00)	269.0 (58.00)	196.0 (7.00) **	218.0 (36.00)*	219.0 (18.00)*

SHAM = Sham-operated Control rats; OVX = overictomised non-honey treated Control rats
THL = Tualang Honey, low dose; THM = Tualang Honey, medium dose; THH = Tualang Honey, high dose
All values are expressed as the median (IR).
^a Kruskal - Wallis test.
*P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01 vs. OVX (Mann-Whitney U - test)

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