Improvement in Menopause-Associated Hepatic Lipid Metabolic Disorders by Herbal Formula HPC03 on Ovariectomized Rats

Table 1

Effect of HPC03 on food intake, gain in body abdominal fat mass, and liver weight in ovariectomized rats.

Contents/group	SHAM	OVX	E2	HPC03 (mg/kg)
				50	100	200
Food intake (g/day)	21.3  2.1	26.1  4.03	21.9  6.85	24.7  7.01	23.3  4.83	22.8  5.83
Body weight (g)
Initial weight	175.0 ± 13.6	188.5 ± 12.0	181.7 ± 17.0	186.6 ± 13.4	186.4 ± 13.8	186.2 ± 1.2
Final weight	322.1 ± 21.5	435 ± 31.7	349.0 ± 24.2	382.0 ± 3.5	372.1 ± 20.9	370.0 ± 2.4
Weight gain	147.0 ± 17.2	246.5 ± 27.4	167.3 ± 19.9	195.4 ± 4.0	185.6 ± 16.6	183.8 ± 6.0
Abdominal fat mass (g)	80.7 ± 5.8	136.5 ± 8.3	96.89 ± 2.8	125.2 ± 8.9	124.8 ± 9.8	107.4 ± 7.8
Relative organ weight (%)
Liver	2.6 ± 0.3	3.2 ± 0.5	2.7 ± 0.3	3.0 ± 0.8	2.8 ± 0.4	2.9 ± 0.4

The results are presented as mean ± SD. Significant differences compared with the OVX group are indicated by .