Aqueous Extract from Pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.) Attenuated Hyperlipidemia and Cardiac Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Mice

Table 2

Body weight (BW, g/mouse), food intake (FI, g/day/mouse), water intake (WI, mL/day/mouse), and epididymal fat pad weight (mg/mouse) of normal (N), diabetic mice consuming normal diet (D), or 1% (D1), 2% (D2), 5% (D5) pepino at week 8.

	N	D	D1	D2	D5
BW	27.5 ± 1.7^a	32.2 ± 1.7^b	30.1 ± 2.4^b	30.0 ± 1.6^b	30.4 ± 2.5^b
FI	3.58 ± 0.10^a	4.54 ± 0.19^b	4.38 ± 0.37^b	4.52 ± 0.88^b	4.13 ± 0.17^b
WI	2.90 ± 0.14^a	4.70 ± 0.71^b	3.50 ± 0.24^a	3.33 ± 0.47^a	3.16 ± 0.24^a
Epididymal fat pad weight	30.0 ± 4.70^a	49.6 ± 7.00^b	35.0 ± 9.40^a	33.5 ± 6.50^a	32.9 ± 8.50^a

Value are represented as mean ± SD (𝑛=10). ^a-bMeans in a row without a common letter differ, 𝑃<0.05.