Choline and Cystine Deficient Diets in Animal Models with Hepatocellular Injury: Evaluation of Oxidative Stress and Expression of RAGE, TNF-α, and IL-1β
Table 2
Food intake, weight gain, end weight of body, liver weight, and relative liver weight for the different dietary models (mean ± SEM). Standard: St; CD: deficient in choline; CCD: deficient in choline and cystine; pl: pellet; pw: powder.
Food intake (g)
102.70 ± 5.00a
104.00 ± 5.24a
97.51 ± 5.07a
101.80 ± 5.31a
103.70 ± 4.319a
100.30 ± 5.60a
Weight gain (g)
145.20 ± 3.55a
157.50 ± 5.53a
145.90 ± 7.29a
154.80 ± 5.90a
143.70 ± 4.40a
155.2 ± 6.87a
End weight of body (g)
176.80 ± 3.59a
190.00 ± 5.85a
177.10 ± 7.54a
185.90 ± 5.69a
175.90 ± 5.34a
188.30 ± 7.73a
Liver weight (g)
7.39 ± 0.31a
7.65 ± 0.33a
7.46 ± 0.31a
7.65 ± 0.28a
7.42 ± 0.22a
7.55 ± 0.30a
Relative liver weight
0.04 ± 0.00a
0.04 ± 0.00a
0.04 ± 0.00a
0.04 ± 0.00a
0.04 ± 0.00a
0.04 ± 0.00a
Means similarity with other a, in terms of statistics. Different letters indicate < 0.05 (Tukey test).