Supplementation of L-Arginine, L-Glutamine, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Folic Acid, and Green Tea Extract Enhances Serum Nitric Oxide Content and Antifatigue Activity in Mice

Table 2

General characteristics of mice with LVFG supplementation.

Characteristic	Vehicle	LVFG-1X	LVFG-2X	LVFG-5X	Trend analysis
Initial BW (g)	34.59 ± 0.77	35.04 ± 0.78	35.31 ± 0.40	34.64 ± 0.67	0.8701
Final BW (g)	36.91 ± 0.60	37.36 ± 0.74	37.38 ± 0.49	37.73 ± 0.51	0.2850
Food intake (g/day)	6.18 ± 0.07	6.12 ± 0.11	6.18 ± 0.04	6.16 ± 0.06	0.5236
Water intake (g//day)	6.77 ± 0.06	6.79 ± 0.10	6.82 ± 0.12	6.79 ± 0.09	0.2626
Liver (g)	2.05 ± 0.02	2.05 ± 0.06	2.09 ± 0.02	2.04 ± 0.05	0.7861
Kidney (g)	0.57 ± 0.01	0.59 ± 0.03	0.56 ± 0.02	0.57 ± 0.01	0.9738
EFP(g)	0.54 ± 0.07	0.50 ± 0.05	0.53 ± 0.02	0.53 ± 0.02	0.1256
Heart (g)	0.23 ± 0.01	0.23 ± 0.01	0.23 ± 0.01	0.23 ± 0.01	0.4543
Lung (g)	0.22 ± 0.00	0.21 ± 0.01	0.22 ± 0.00	0.22 ± 0.01	0.8911
Muscle (g)	0.39 ± 0.01	0.38 ± 0.01	0.39 ± 0.00	0.38 ± 0.01	0.8184
BAT (g)	0.11 ± 0.00^a	0.11 ± 0.00^a	0.13 ± 0.00^b	0.13 ± 0.01^b	<0.0001
Relative liver weight (%)	5.56 ± 0.10	5.51 ± 0.16	5.61 ± 0.10	5.40 ± 0.08	0.5681
Relative kidney weight (%)	1.54 ± 0.03	1.57 ± 0.07	1.50 ± 1.52	1.52 ± 0.03	0.5037
Relative EFP weight (%)	1.46 ± 0.17	1.33 ± 0.13	1.42 ± 0.06	1.41 ± 0.06	0.2622
Relative heart weight (%)	0.63 ± 0.02	0.61 ± 0.02	0.62 ± 0.02	0.59 ± 0.02	0.1839
Relative lung weight (%)	0.58 ± 0.01	0.57 ± 0.02	0.58 ± 0.01	0.58 ± 0.02	0.8147
Relative muscle weight (%)	1.05 ± 0.02	1.01 ± 0.04	1.05 ± 0.02	1.01 ± 0.03	0.5788
Relative BAT weight	0.30 ± 0.01^a	0.30 ± 0.01^a	0.34 ± 0.01^b	0.34 ± 0.01^b	0.0008