Sex | Food intake and weight gain | Groups with respective dose of compounds | |||
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Group I (200Â mg/ Kg) | Group II (400Â mg/ Kg) | Group III (600Â mg/ Kg) | Group IV Control | ||
 Male | Food intake (g) n = 10 | 213.6 ± 15.3 | 208.2 ± 10.1 | 195.2 ± 12.1a | 220.1 ± 13.3 |
Weight gain/ rat (g) | 81.1 ± 5.0 | 75.0 ± 11.7 | 60.0 ± 11.1b | 83.7 ± 5.5 | |
 Female | Food intake (g) n = 10 | 152.4 ± 7.1 | 150.4 ± 7.2 | 137.3 ± 4.2c | 151.5 ± 11.1 |
Weight gain/ rat (g) | 44.9 ± 6.1 | 39.5 ± 5.7 | 30.9 ± 6.7 b |  ± 5.3 |