Preventive Effect of Pine Bark Extract (Flavangenol) on Metabolic Disease in Western Diet-Loaded Tsumura Suzuki Obese Diabetes Mice
Table 2
The effects of Flavangenol on liver and visceral fat weight for each viscus.
TSNO-MF
TSOD
MF
WTD
WTD-flavangenol 3%
WTD-flavangenol 5%
Liver (g)
1.69 ± 0.19
1.89 ± 0.17
3.03 ± 0.64**
1.79 ± 0.11##
1.79 ± 0.10##
Epididymal fat (g)
0.59 ± 0.15*
2.92 ± 0.27
3.09 ± 0.23
3.11 ± 0.33
2.77 ± 0.29#
Mesenteric fat (g)
0.35 ± 0.I6**
1.60 ± 0.39
2.02 ± 0.28*
1.21 ± 0.27##
1.04 ± 0.36##
Retroperitoneal fat (g)
0.17 ± 0.05**
0.65 ± 0.09
0.78 ± 0.20
0.56 ± 0.05##
0.57 ± 0.07##
Perinephric fat (g)
0.08 ± 0.02**
0.59 ± 0.13
0.94 ± 0.13**
0.41 ± 0.11##
0.35 ± 0.12##
Data represent the mean ± SD of 8-9 animals. *P < .05 and **P < .01 Significant differences from the TSOD MF group. #P < .05 and ##P < .01 Significant differences from the TSOD-WTD group.
