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 ± 0.30a
8.51 ± 0.30b
6.91 ± 0.22c
7.21 ± 0.27b
LSD 0.05 = 0.103
-test
−4.19***
4.39***
2.58*
Liver
Mean ± SE
0.56 ± 0.06a
0.65 ± 0.07b
0.66 ± 0.06a
0.63 ± 0.03a
LSD 0.05 = 0.579
-test
−0.88*
−0.15NS
0.19NS
Right kidney
Mean ± SE
0.60 ± 0.05a
0.71 ± 0.01b
0.66 ± 0.04a
0.66 ± 0.02a
LSD 0.05 = 0.077
-test
−2.15*
1.16NS
2.23NS
Left kidney
Mean ± SE
0.78 ± 0.03a
0.66 ± 0.02b
0.63 ± 0.03a
0.66 ± 0.04a
LSD 0.05 = 1.103
-test
2.90*
1.00NS
0.00NS
Right testes
Mean ± SE
1.13 ± 0.07a
1.31 ± 0.06d
1.13 ± 0.06c
1.08 ± 0.03b
LSD 0.05 = 0.106
-test
−1.43**
4.56**
3.07**
Left testes
Mean ± SE
1.16 ± 0.05a
1.26 ± 0.03b
1.13 ± 0.07c
1.16 ± 0.04b
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.