The Efficiency of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Bran in Ameliorating Blood and Treating Fatty Heart and Liver of Male Rats
Table 3
Effect of barley bran on food intake (FI) body weight gain (BWG) and food efficiency ratio (FER) in hypercholesterolemic rats for 8 weeks.
Biological evaluation parameters
Treatments
G1
G2
G3
G4
statistics
−ve control
+ve control
5% barley bran
10% barley bran
Water consumption mL/day
Mean ± SE
30.29 ± 0.67a
30.55 ± 0.63a
31.50 ± 0.66a
32.66 ± 0.57a
LSD 0.05 = 1.342
-test
−0.32NS
−1.36NS
−3.45***
FI g/day
Mean ± SE
17.07 ± 0.19a
17.12 ± 0.20a
17.20 ± 0.21a
17.05 ± 0.21a
LSD 0.05 = 0.341
-test
−0.40NS
−0.46NS
0.58NS
BWG g/8 week
Mean ± SE
32.83 ± 1.85a
37.00 ± 1.06b
34.50 ± 0.88c
33.50 ± 3.47b
LSD 0.05 = 6.330
-test
−2.66***
4.83***
5.98***
BWG %
Mean ± SE
17.83 ± 1.08a
20.09 ± 6.50b
18.50 ± 0.53c
17.70 ± 2.04d
LSD 0.05 = 3.780
-test
−2.97*
2.78**
3.20**
FER g/day
Mean ± SE
0.031 ± 0.00a
0.026 ± 0.00b
0.033 ± 0.00d
0.032 ± 0.00c
LSD 0.05 = 0.010
-test
0.02***
−0.04***
−0.03***
FER %
Mean ± SE
3.199 ± 0.18a
3.80 ± 0.87d
3.37 ± 0.08b
3.27 ± 0.33c
LSD 0.05 = 1.033
-test
−1.04***
1.45***
1.17***
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.