Antiobesity Effects of Hydroethanolic Extract of Jacaranda decurrens Leaves

Table 1

White adipose tissue (WAT) depots of various groups of obese Wistar rats.

WAT	Control	OB		OB-Sibu		OB-ExJds
	g⋅100 g^−1	g⋅100 g^−1	Δ (%)	g⋅100 g^−1	Δ (%)	g⋅100	Δ (%)
Retroperitoneal			99		−28		−30
Epididymal			30		16		−23
Mesenteric			67		−13		−13
Subcutaneous			4		+11		−23

WAT depots (g⋅100 g⁻¹ BW) of obese Wistar rats fed control diet (control), hypercaloric diet (OB), hypercaloric diet and sibutramine (2 mg⋅kg⁻¹ BW, OB-Sibu), or hypercaloric diet and ExJds (400 mg⋅kg⁻¹ BW, OB-ExJds). BW, body weight; WAT, white adipose tissue; Δ (%), variation in weight of WAT relative to that in the OB group. Data are shown as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM, ). Different letters signify statistical differences at .