Ameliorative Effect of Hexane Extract of Phalaris canariensis on High Fat Diet-Induced Obese and Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice

Table 3

Effect of different extracts of P. canariensis on the weights of organs and adipose tissue of normal and obese mice.

Group				HFD +
	LFD	HFD	AL-H	AL-C	AL-M
Liver (g/100 g body weight)	5.58±0.95	5.69±0.45	5.56±1.06	5.57±1.23	5.54±1.30
Kidney (g/100 g body weight)	1.61±0.02	1.47±0.08	1.51±0.05	1.53±0.04	1.50±0.02
Plasma total (U mL^−1)	1.13±0.07	1.58±0.05	1.16±0.03^a	1.14±0.06^a	1.19±0.04^a
Muscle (U mg^−1)	1.11±0.01	0.76±0.07	0.96±0.04^a	0.99±0.05^a	0.98±0.08^a
VAT (U mg^−1)	0.76±0.07	1.21±0.06	0.78±0.09^a	0.75±0.08^a	0.77±0.03^a
SAT (U mg^−1)	1.12±0.05	1.32±0.02	1.17±0.09^a	1.14±0.06^a	1.15±0.01^a

Each value represents mean ± S.E.M. (𝑛=10 animals in each group). LFD: low-fat diet; HFD: high-fat diet; hexane extract (AL-H), chloroform extract (AL-C), and methanol extract (AL-M) from P. canariensis; Postheparin plasma (plasma); hind limb muscle (muscle); visceral adipose tissue; the visible mesenteric fat and fat around the liver, kidney, and spleen (VAT); subcutaneous adipose tissue subcutaneous adipose tissue in the abdomen (SAT). ^a𝑃<0.05 versus control group.