Effects of Biochemical Alteration in Animal Model after Short-Term Exposure of Jatropha curcas (Linn) Leaf Extract

Table 2

Weight gain, food consumption, and fecal output of rats administered J. curcas extract (𝑛=6, mean ± SD).

Parameter	Dose of extract (mg/kg body weight)
	Control	500	1000	2000
Weight gain (g/day/rat)	1.52 ± 0.23^a	1.64 ± 0.45^b	1.57 ± 0.65^b	1.2 ± 0.59^d
Food intake (g/day/rat)	21.34 ± 1.32^a	24.93 ± 0.32^b	25.01 ± 1.24^d	23.82 ± 1.51^e
Dry fecal output (g/day/rat)	1.34 ± 0.09^a	1.29 ± 0.05^c	1.41 ± 0.06^c	2.01 ± 0.03^e

Means with the same letter are not significantly different (𝑃<0.05).