Blackcurrant Suppresses Metabolic Syndrome Induced by High-Fructose Diet in Rats

Table 1

Effects of BC on body weight, liver weight, liver weight % of BW, epididymal fat pads weight, and epididymal fat pads weight % of BW.

	Cont.	HF	BC1	BC2
Body weight (g)
Start	227.62 ± 1.96	221.75 ± 2.64	233.79 ± 1.99	224.27 ± 2.31
Final	466.15 ± 10.75	455.14 ± 8.15	427.14 ± 10.97^#	419.73 ± 6.6^#
Liver weight (g)	10.9 ± 0.52	13.2 ± 0.76	11.18 ± 0.21^#	10.8 ± 0.23^##
Liver weight % of BW	2.49 ± 0.07	2.8 ± 0.03	2.52 ± 0.03^#	2.54 ± 0.04^#
Epididymal fat pads weigh (g)	6.64 ± 0.4	7.47 ± 0.46	6.42 ± 0.55^#	5.15 ± 0.42^#
Epididymal fat pads weight % of BW	1.45 ± 0.05	1.74 ± 0.06	1.38 ± 0.14^#	1.19 ± 0.08^#

Values were expressed as mean ± S.E. (). versus Cont.; and versus HF. BW: body weight; Cont.: control; HF: high fructose; BC1: blackcurrant 100 mg/kg/day; BC2: blackcurrant 300 mg/kg/day.