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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 6 Effect of Mucuna pruriens milk oral administration on organ weights 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 (g)

Liver

Kidney

Heart

Lung

Normal control

9.10 ± 0.80a

2.21 ± 0.18 a

1.27 ± 0.12 a

1.41 ± 0.12 a

Hyperlipidemic group

9.22 ± 0.65 a

2.18 ± 0.45 a

1.21 ± 0.15 a

1.57 ± 0.21 a

Atorvastatin standard

9.02 ± 0.65 a

2.02 ± 0.71 a

1.18 ± 0.21 a

1.46 ± 0.19 a

DCM

8.93 ± 0.68 a

2.13 ± 0.84 a

1.23 ± 0.16 a

1.35 ± 0.33 a

WCM

8.96 ± 0.72 a

2.16 ± 0.27 a

1.26 ± 0.17 a

1.29 ± 0.22 a

DVM

9.08 ± 0.74 a

2.11 ± 0.32 a

1.29 ± 0.30 a

1.32 ± 0.19 a

WVM

8.80 ± 0.80 a

2.15 ± 0.30 a

1.25 ± 0.31 a

1.43 ± 0.32 a

  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