Wheat Bran Protein Improves Lipid Metabolism by Downregulating the Amount of HMG-CoA Reductase in the Liver of High-Fat Diet-Fed Rats

Table 1

Effect of wheat bran protein on body weight and food intake in high-fat diet-fed rats.

Parameters	Experimental groups
	HC	WBP
Initial body weight (g)	105.1 ± 4.9	107.1 ± 1.6
Final body weight (g)	254.2 ± 3.6	296.2 ± 1.5
Liver relative weight (g)	5.6 ± 0.1	5.5 ± 0.1
Food intake (g/d)	14.3 ± 0.2	16.9 ± 0.3

Liver relative weight (g) = (liver weight/final body weight) × 100 g. Values are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 6). ; vs the HC group.