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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 2 Effect of Mucuna pruriens milk oral administration on food intake, fecal lipids and abdominal fat of rats fed with high fat diet

From: Effects of Mucuna milk (Mucuna pruriens L.) on body weight and serum biochemistry in rats fed hyperlipidaemic diet

Groups

Parameters

Food intake

(g/day/rat)

Faecal fat content

(%)

Abdominal fat (g)

Normal control

22.60 ± 0.80 d

0.97 ± 0.02 a

2.11 ± 0.12a

Hyperlipidemic group

16.42 ± 0.65a

1.31 ± 0.05 b

24.17 ± 4.02 d

Atorvastatin standard control

19.38 ± 0.65 c

4.12 ± 1.04 c

11.96 ± 1.39 b

DCM

17.13 ± 0.68 b

5.03 ± 1.16 c

13.05 ± 1.39 b

WCM

19.46 ± 0.62 c

5.66 ± 1.10 c

10.99 ± 1.68 b

DVM

17.08 ± 0.64 b

4.98 ± 1.40 c

15.01 ± 1.99 c

WVM

19.80 ± 0.60 c

6.06 ± 1.31 c

10.73 ± 1.90 b

  1. Means ± SD (n = 6) followed by different letters in the same line are significantly different (p < 0.05) as determined by Duncan’s multiple range test. DCM: dehulled Cochinchinensis milk group; WCM: whole Cochinchinensis milk group; DVM: Dehulled Veracruz milk group; WVM: whole Veracruz milk group