Aqueous Extract of Agaricus blazei Murrill Prevents Age-Related Changes in the Myenteric Plexus of the Jejunum in Rats

Table 2

Body weight (BW), food intake (FI), water intake (WI), Lee index (ILee), weight of periepididymal (PER) and retroperitoneal (RET) fat, total fat (Σ), and small intestine length (SIL) in aging rats (C7, C12, and C23 groups) and aging rats supplemented with the aqueous extract of A. blazei (CA12 and CA23 groups). The results are expressed as mean ± standard error.

	C7	C12	CA12	C23	CA23
BW (g)	489.5 ± 8.72a^*	492.9 ± 4.32a	483.7 ± 8.97a	510.3 ± 7.67a	513.5 ± 3.66a
FI (g)	28.26 ± 0.38a	21.34 ± 0.38b	21.92 ± 0.61b	22.66 ± 0.47b	24.06 ± 0.60b
WI (mL)	43.7 ± 1.16a	40.11 ± 2.00a	43.0 ± 4.19a	48.45 ± 1.55a	39.0 ± 2.17a
ILee	295.6 ± 2.72a	301.7 ± 3.83ab	292.5 ± 1.47a	307.3 ± 1.55b	308 ± 0.73b
PER (g/100 g)	1.54 ± 0.18a	1.84 ± 0.04a	1.66 ± 0.19a	1.72 ± 0.15a	1.67 ± 0.11a
RET (g/100 g)	1.56 ± 0.15a	1.98 ± 0.17a	1.61 ± 0.24a	2.54 ± 0.15b	2.26 ± 0.16ab
Σ (g/100 g)	3.10 ± 0.32a	3.82 ± 0.15a	3.28 ± 0.36a	4.26 ± 0.30a	3.94 ± 0.24a
SIL (cm)	112.8 ± 5.66a	103.2 ± 4.81a	97.0 ± 5.03a	125.8 ± 5.38b	113.5 ± 1.83ab

Different letters in the same line indicate significant statistical difference ().