Supplementary health benefits of soy aglycons of isoflavone by improvement of serum biochemical attributes, enhancement of liver antioxidative capacities and protection of vaginal epithelium of ovariectomized rats

Table 2 Effect of supplementation of soy aglycons of isoflavone on growth performance of Sprague-Dawley rats

Determinations	Rats with different treatments
Items	Sham	OVX	OVX/LSAI	OVX/HSAI
Average daily gain (g)	0.56 ± 0.16^b	0.83 ± 0.23^a	0.83 ± 0.20^a	0.79 ± 0.21^a
Average daily feed intake (g)	13.74 ± 0.70^b	17.81 ± 0.98^a	18.34 ± 1.08^a	18. 43 ± 1.08^a
Energy expenditure (kJ/d)	204.0 ± 10.4^b	264.5 ± 14.6^a	272.4 ± 16.0^a	273.7 ± 16.0^a
Feed/Gain	26.28 ± 3.33^a	21.24 ± 1.70^b	22.07 ± 3.80^b	22.20 ± 3.46^b

^{a, b}Means (± SD, n = 10) in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05). SAI: soy aglycons of isoflavone; Sham: negative control; OVX: overiectomized rats as positive control; OVX/LSAI: overiectomized rats with low level of SAI supplementation; OVX/HSAI: overiectomized rats with high level of SAI supplementation.

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