Safety Assessment and Comparison of Sodium Selenite and Bioselenium Obtained from Yeast in Mice

Table 8

Effects of bio-Se on body weight using 30-day feeding experiment.

Group	Average weight (g)
	Prior to the experiment	1 week; (mean ± SD)	2 weeks; (mean ± SD)	3 weeks; (mean ± SD)	4 weeks; (mean ± SD)
Negative control	19.96 ± 1.46	24.72 ± 2.29^A	26.86 ± 2.37	28.71 ± 2.66	29.86 ± 2.52
Low dose group	19.77 ± 1.77	25.01 ± 2.68^A	27.30 ± 3.27	29.50 ± 3.32	30.43 ± 3.37
Middle dose group	19.85 ± 1.77	25.78 ± 2.97^A	28.77 ± 3.21	30.75 ± 3.06	31.78 ± 3.10
High dose group	20.25 ± 1.63	25.32 ± 2.89	28.04 ± 3.27	31.16 ± 3.24	33.65 ± 3.40

Note. Letters in common in the same column do not present significant difference (), for example, A and A, B and B. Different letters in the same column present significant difference (), for example, A and B.