Ameliorative Effect of Hexane Extract of Phalaris canariensis on High Fat Diet-Induced Obese and Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice

Table 5

Effect of hexane extract of P. canariensis on the body weight, organ weight and food and water intake of normal and diabetic mice.

Group (mg/kg)	Body weight (g)			Intake (g/d)		Final (g)
	Initial	Final	Gain	Food	Water	Liver weight	Kidney weight
Nondiabetic	25.8±4.8	32.4±5.1^a	6.6±2.2^a; (25)	29.3±3.2^a	34.1±6.3^a	6.76±2.7^a	1.31±0.5^a
SD	28.0±6.2	30.0±6.3^c	2.0±0.6^c; (7)	39.2±5.8^c	189.5±9.6^c	3.48±1.3^c	0.81±0.05^c
MD	25.2±5.4	27.4±6.0^c	2.2±0.7^c; (8)	37.6±6.1^c	180.7±10.4^c	3.40±1.5^c	0.82±0.04^c
SD + AL-H	26.6±7.4	30.7±8.2^b	4.1±1.6^b; (15)	32.2±2.9^b	139.5±5.2^b	5.10±2.8^b	0.98±0.02^b
MD + AL-H	24.9±7.4	28.3±7.4^c	3.4±0.4^b; (18)	31.4±7.5^b	123.0±5.1^b	5.89±1.9^b	1.22±0.05^b
SD + GB	24.5±6.2	28.2±5.8^b	48.7±4.7^b; (20)	28.2±2.5^b	113.3±5.0^b	6.10±3.7^b	1.29±0.7^b

Each value represents mean ± S.E.M. (𝑛=10), ANOVA followed by multiple two-tail “t” test. In each vertical column, mean with different superscripts (a, b, and c) differed from “t” each other significantly, 𝑃<0.05. () indicates %.