Encapsulated Mulberry Fruit Extract Alleviates Changes in an Animal Model of Menopause with Metabolic Syndrome

Table 3

Changes of metabolic parameters of OVX rats with HCHF diet after the administration of ME and MME.

Parameters	ND + vehicle	HCHF + vehicle	OVX + HCHF + vehicle	OVX + HCHF + isoflavone15	OVX + HCHF + L-car250	OVX + HCHF + MME10	OVX + HCHF + MME50	OVX + HCHF + MME250
Body weight gain (%)		^a	^a
TC (mg/dl)
4-week			^aaa,bbb
8-week			^aa,b
Triglycerides (mg/dl)
4-week			^aaa,bbb
8-week			^aaa,b
HDL-C (mg/dl)
4-week		^aaa	^aaa
8-week		^aaa	^aaa
LDL-C (mg/dl)
4-week		^a	^aa
8-week			^a
Atherogenic index
4-week		^aa	^aa
8-week		^aaa	^aaa
FBG (mg/dl)
4-week			^a
8-week		^aaa	^a
Plasma glucose AUC (mg h/dl)
4-week		^aa	^a
8-week		^aa	^aaa,bb
ACE (units/mg.protein)		^aaa	^aaa

Data are presented as (/group). ^{a, aa, aaa} value < 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001, respectively; compared to control rats, which received normal diet and vehicle, ^{b, bb, bbb} value <0.05, 0.01, and 0.001, respectively, compared to normal rats, which received HCHF diet and vehicle and , , value < 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001, respectively, compared to OVX rats, which received HCHF and vehicle.