Potential Therapeutic Role of Dietary Supplementation with Spirulina platensis on the Erectile Function of Obese Rats Fed a Hypercaloric Diet

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The rats were divided into 6 experimental groups and fed for a total period of 16 weeks. Initially, the animals were divided into two groups HCD = hypercaloric diet and SD = standard diet and fed for 8 weeks with their respective diets. Then, the HCD group was divided into three groups for another 8 weeks: HCD+saline (hypercaloric diet with saline solution); HCD+SP25, SP50, SP100 = hypercaloric diet supplemented with Spirulina platensis at doses of 25, 50, and 100 mg/kg; and an HCD+SD = hypercaloric diet group later fed a standard diet. The SD+saline group received saline solution for the final 8 weeks as well.