The Efficiency of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Bran in Ameliorating Blood and Treating Fatty Heart and Liver of Male Rats
Table 2
Effect of barley bran on relative organs weight in hypercholesterolemic rats for 8 weeks.
Relative organ weight (ROW) %
Treatments
G1
G2
G3
G4
statistics
−ve control
+ve control
5% barley bran
10% barley bran
Heart
Mean ± SE
0.26 ± 0.02a
0.40 ± 0.04b
0.30 ± 0.03b
0.28 ± 0.01b
LSD 0.05 = 0.016
-test
−2.71*
1.84NS
2.45**
Liver
Mean ± SE
3.41 ± 0.14a
5.36 ± 0.18b
3.13 ± 0.10b
3.22 ± 0.13b
LSD 0.05 = 0.381
-test
−13.55***
11.19***
7.76***
Right kidney
Mean ± SE
0.27 ± 0.02a
0.45 ± 0.01c
0.30 ± 0.01b
0.29 ± 0.01b
LSD 0.05 = 0.034
-test
−6.71***
7.75***
12.17***
Left kidney
Mean ± SE
0.36 ± 0.01a
0.42 ± 0.01b
0.28 ± 0.01b
0.29 ± 0.02b
LSD 0.05 = 0.049
-test
−2.79*
8.42***
5.07***
Right testes
Mean ± SE
0.52 ± 0.03a
0.82 ± 0.03b
0.51 ± 0.02b
0.48 ± 0.01b
LSD 0.05 = 0.044
-test
−4.44***
12.62***
7.88***
Left testes
Mean ± SE
0.53 ± .025a
0.79 ± 0.02b
0.51 ± 0.03b
0.51 ± 0.02b
LSD 0.05 = 0.076
-test
−5.77***
8.69***
6.70***
Data are represented as mean ± SE. -test values; ***. ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at , whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at . LSD: least significant difference.*Significant, **highly significant and ***very high significant.