Smallanthus sonchifolius (Yacon) Flour Improves Visceral Adiposity and Metabolic Parameters in High-Fat-Diet-Fed Rats

Table 3

Effects of yacon supplement on organs weights of HFD-fed rats.

	SD	HFD	HFD Y340	HFD Y680
Total fat pad (% b. w.)	3.40 ± 0.69	6.44 ± 0.67^a	5.54 ± 0.53	3.61 ± 0.95^b
Epididymal fat pad (% b. w.)	1.47 ± 0.13	2.18 ± 0.20^a	1.94 ± 0.26	1.42 ± 0.22^b
Perirenal fat pad (% b. w.)	1.06 ± 0.26	2.55 ± 0.37^a	2.15 ± 0.23	1.47 ± 0.31^b
Visceral fat pad (% b. w.)	0.86 ± 0.23	1.71 ± 0.18^a	1.33 ± 0.12^b	0.72 ± 0.22^b
Muscle (soleus) (% b. w.)	1.35 ± 0.07	0.98 ± 0.20^a	1.20 ± 0.19	1.18 ± 0.26
Liver (% b. w.)	2.66 ± 0.13	3.10 ± 0.18^a	2.51 ± 0.11^b	2.47 ± 0.12^b
Spleen (% b. w.)	0.13 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.03
Pancreas (% b. w.)	0.43 ± 0.11	0.43 ± 0.12	0.49 ± 0.02	0.58 ± 0.06
Cecum (% b. w.)	0.23 ± 0.02	0.16 ± 0.02^a	0.20 ± 0.03	0.28 ± 0.04^b,c

Values are means ± standard deviation ( rats/group). ^a compared to the SD group. ^b compared to the HFD group; ^c compared to the HFD Y340 group. Fat pad weights are expressed as the sum of visceral, retroperitoneal, and epididymal weights. b. w., body weight.