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Table 2 Effects of Stropharia rugosoannulata EPS on the growth parameters and the various organs in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats for 3 weeks

From: Fermentation characteristics and hypoglycemic activity of an exopolysaccharide produced by submerged culture of Stropharia rugosoannulata #2

Parameter

Groupa

Normal

Control

L

M

H

Growth parameters

  Body weight gain (g/day)

9.1550 ± 0.2963 c

6.4525 ± 0.9000 a

6.8650 ± 0.4906 a,b

7.7425 ± 0.8710 b

8.4050 ± 0.6553 b,c

  Food intake (g/day)

36.7075 ± 1.2153 a

55.0625 ± 1.8960 d

52.8175 ± 1.5989 d

47.6925 ± 1.7400 c

42.6325 ± 1.6991 b

  Food efficiency ratiob

0.2498 ± 0.0151 d

0.1173 ± 0.0164 a

0.1302 ± 0.0125 a,b

0.1622 ± 0.0144 b

0.1971 ± 0.0126 c

Various organs

  Liver (g/100 g BW)

3.0824 ± 0.3281 a

4.5042 ± 0.1418 c

4.4417 ± 0.3225 b,c

4.4043 ± 0.2706 b,c

4.1477 ± 0.2267 b

  Kidney (g/100 g BW)

0.6165 ± 0.0416 a

1.0186 ± 0.0663 b

1.0765 ± 0.0347 b

1.0742 ± 0.2230 b

1.0295 ± 0.0743 b

  Spleen (g/100 g BW)

0.2134 ± 0.0300 NS

0.2065 ± 0.0263

0.1920 ± 0.0397

0.2237 ± 0.0325

0.2339 ± 0.0487

  Pancreas (g/100 g BW)

0.2369 ± 0.0570 a

0.3488 ± 0.1084 b

0.3396 ± 0.0860 b

0.3375 ± 0.0478 b

0.2742 ± 0.0673 a,b

  1. NS, Not significant
  2. Data are presented as the mean of eight rats (n = 8 per group) ± standard error. Values followed by different lowercase letters within the same column are significantly different among the groups at P < 0.05
  3. aSee Table 1
  4. bBody weight (BW) gain/food intake
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Annals of Microbiology

ISSN: 1869-2044

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