The Efficiency of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Bran in Ameliorating Blood and Treating Fatty Heart and Liver of Male Rats

Table 1

Effect of barley bran supplementation for 8 weeks on organs weight in hypercholesterolemic rats.

Organs weight; g	Statistics	G1	G2	G3	G4
		−ve control	+ve control	5% barley bran	10% barley bran
Heart	Mean ± SE	7.41 ± 0.30^a	8.51 ± 0.30^b	6.91 ± 0.22^c	7.21 ± 0.27^b
	LSD 0.05 = 0.103
	-test		−4.19^***	4.39^***	2.58^*
Liver	Mean ± SE	0.56 ± 0.06^a	0.65 ± 0.07^b	0.66 ± 0.06^a	0.63 ± 0.03^a
	LSD 0.05 = 0.579
	-test		−0.88^*	−0.15^NS	0.19^NS
Right kidney	Mean ± SE	0.60 ± 0.05^a	0.71 ± 0.01^b	0.66 ± 0.04^a	0.66 ± 0.02^a
	LSD 0.05 = 0.077
	-test		−2.15^*	1.16^NS	2.23^NS
Left kidney	Mean ± SE	0.78 ± 0.03^a	0.66 ± 0.02^b	0.63 ± 0.03^a	0.66 ± 0.04^a
	LSD 0.05 = 1.103
	-test		2.90^*	1.00^NS	0.00^NS
Right testes	Mean ± SE	1.13 ± 0.07^a	1.31 ± 0.06^d	1.13 ± 0.06^c	1.08 ± 0.03^b
	LSD 0.05 = 0.106
	-test		−1.43^**	4.56^**	3.07^**
Left testes	Mean ± SE	1.16 ± 0.05^a	1.26 ± 0.03^b	1.13 ± 0.07^c	1.16 ± 0.04^b
	LSD 0.05 = 0.330
	-test		−1.16^*	1.86^*	1.22^*

Data are represented as mean ± SE. -test values; ^***. ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at , whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at . LSD: least significant difference. ^*Significant, ^**highly significant and ^***very high significant.