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Table 1 Body weight, liver weight and food intake in rats treated with ginsenosides against CCl 4 -induced liver damage

From: Ginseng extract and ginsenoside Rb1 attenuate carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis in rats

 

Control

CCl4

GE

Rb1

Initial body weight (g)

240 ± 8a

233 ± 12a

236 ± 14a

239 ± 15a

Final body weight (g)

478 ± 23b

427 ± 25a

433 ± 38a

448 ± 37a

Weight gain (g)

238 ± 22b

194 ± 23a

208 ± 34a

209 ± 30a

Total liver weight (g)

15.9 ± 2.5a

17.5 ± 1.5a

17.3 ± 3.8a

16.4 ± 1.8a

Relative liver weight (g/kg)

33.2 ± 4.8a

41.1 ± 3.4c

39.7 ± 5.8bc

36.7 ± 3.4ab

Food intake (g/d)

26.5 ± 1.6a

25.3 ± 1.0a

25.2 ± 1.2a

25.4 ± 1.2a

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD (n =10). Values not sharing the same superscript differ significantly (p <0.05) within the same row.