The Crude Extract from Puerariae Flower Exerts Antiobesity and Antifatty Liver Effects in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice

Table 3

Effects of PFE on food intake, body weight, liver weight, adipose tissue weight, and fecal total lipids.

	HFD	HFD + PFE
Food intake, g/day	2.83±0.04	2.79±0.11
Final body weight, g	26.4±0.5	24.9±0.3 *
Body weight gain, g	2.8±0.3	1.4±0.3 **
Liver weight, g/100 g body weight	4.54±0.08	4.73±0.12
White adipose tissue weight
Epididymal, g/100 g body weight	3.22±0.18	2.49±0.14 **
Mesenteric, g/100 g body weight	1.31±0.07	1.11±0.10
Retroperitoneal, g/100 g body weight	0.36±0.03	0.26±0.02 *
Fecal total Lipids, g/day	0.015±0.001	0.017±0.001

The data represent the mean ± SEM values (𝑛=8).
* and ** indicate significantly different at 𝑃<0.05, 𝑃<0.01, respectively.