Original Article
Hypolipidemic Effects of Three Purgative Decoctions
Table 4
Changes in body weight, food intake, and feed efficiency in rats fed different diets.
| | Blank | Control | TCCT | XCCT | TWCCT | Rhubarb |
| | Daily weight change (g) | 2.5 ± 1.0 | 4.2 ± 0.6* | 3.5 ± 0.7 | 4.3 ± 0.5 | 4.3 ± 0.4 | 3.9 ± 1.1 | | Daily food intake (g) | 21.0 ± 1.4 | 22.0 ± 1.3* | 20.8 ± 1.3 | 23.0 ± 1.3 | 22.7 ± 0.5 | 20.3 ± 1.8* | | Feed efficiency (%) | 12.3 ± 4.5 | 18.6 ± 2.9 | 17.0 ± 3.6 | 18.6 ± 2.9 | 19.1 ± 2.0 | 19.2 ± 5.2 |
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