Antiobesity and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Orally Administered Bonito Extracts on Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet

Figure 2

Effects of BoE supplementation on body weight of mice fed a high-fat diet. (a) Average weight of each experimental group from weeks 0 to 11. Each colour represents the male control (light blue), BoE-50 (blue), BoE-500 (navy), female control (yellow), BoE-50 (orange), and BoE-500 (red). Values were calculated from individual measurements of body weight. (b) Body-weight ratios. The average body weights of the six experimental groups at week 0 were defined as 100%, and the relative ratios from weeks 1 to 11 are shown. (c) The fluctuation of body-weight ratios between high-fat diet (HFD) control and BoE test group. The values of the control groups = 100% throughout the experiments, and the relative values of BoE-50 and BoE-500 for male and females are shown. The statistical significance of each criterion was evaluated by ANOVA and indicated as ( values).

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