Bees' Honey Protects the Liver of Male Rats against Melamine Toxicity

Table 3

Effect of honey treatment on food intake, weight gain, BWG%, and FER in rats supplemented with melamine for 28 days.

Test	Statistics	G1	G2	G3	G4
Food intake g/week	Mean ± SE	1137.20±51.34	1406.30±192.99	1057.30±9.27	1055.90±62.69
	𝑡-test		−1.12 N.S	−1.73 N.S	−1.53 N.S
Weight gain (g)	Mean ± SE	110.20±16.55	92.48±9.74	90.16±14.07	108.72±26.24
	𝑡-test		1.05 N.S	−0.15 N.S	0.54 N.S
BWG%	Mean ± SE	54.66±9.13	52.72±6.85	56.09±4.44	64.93±20.50
	𝑡-test		0.19 N.S	0.91 N.S	0.55 N.S
FER	Mean ± SE	0.119±0.017	0.081±0.008	0.105±0.017	0.128±0.031
	𝑡-test		2.14*	1.40 N.S	1.36 N.S

∗Significant at 5% (𝑃<0.05) and N.S: nonsignificant.