Dietary Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinus edodes) Prevents Fat Deposition and Lowers Triglyceride in Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet

Table 2

Food intake, energy intake, body weight, and fat deposits of rats fed experimental diets for 6 weeks¹.

	Treatment group				ANOVA
	HFD	LD-M	MD-M	HD-M
Food intake (g/rat/day)	24±0.5	24±0.5	24±0.6	23±0.8	NS
Energy intake (kJ/rat/day)	455±9	449±9	448±11	423±14	NS
Body weight gain	129±8^a,b	141±9^b	150±14^b	92±8^a	0.002
Fat-pad masses (g)
Epididymal	11.2±1.0^a,b	12.1±1.0^b	11.4±1.2^a,b	7.9±0.5^a	0.014
Perirenal	14.2±1.1^a	14.3±1.7^a	12.8±1.6^a,b	8.7±0.8^b	0.015
Omental	8.4±0.6^a,b	10.5±1.0^a	8.5±0.7^a,b	6.7±0.6^b	0.009
Inguinal fat	8.6±1.5^a	6.8±0.7^a,b	8.2±1.7^a	4.2±0.5^b	0.012
Visceral fat	33.8±2.3^a,b	37.0±3.7^b	34.0±3.7^a,b	23.3±1.7^a	0.012
WAT	42.4±3.4^a	43.8±4.3^a	40.6±4.5^a,b	27.5±2.1^b	0.011
BAT	0.58±0.05	0.52±0.06	0.54±0.05	0.44±0.01	NS
Total fat masses	43.0±3.4^a	44.4±4.3^a	41.2±4.5^a,b	28.0±2.1^b	0.010

¹Values are means±SEM, 𝑛=10. Within a row, values with different superscripts are significantly different, 𝑃<0.05. Abbreviations used: HFD: high-fat diet; LD-M: low-dose mushroom in HFD; MD-M: medium mushroom in HFD; HD-M, high-dose mushroom in HFD.