Table 2 Uric acid-lowering effects of intragastric chicory in the hyperuricemic rats (n = 16, μmol/L)

51.47 ± 21.30

66.44 ± 26.12

76.22 ± 22.57

133.80 ± 33.23

74.10 ± 24.41

56.72 ± 28.76

87.63 ± 27.34^*

98.07 ± 22.23^**

177.08 ± 44.99^**

95.80 ± 18.01^**

50.56 ± 26.81

74.66 ± 35.29

75.64 ± 14.69^##

147.11 ± 30.84^#

82.60 ± 19.76

50.33 ± 21.91

52.40 ± 16.77^##

66.17 ± 21.09^##

145.61 ± 36.58^#

73.82 ± 35.90^#

53.08 ± 25.51

55.90 ± 29.62^##

68.82 ± 16.84^##

112.52 ± 45.48^##

83.07 ± 41.07

50.22 ± 21.67

70.05 ± 32.18

65.09 ± 28.36^##

155.27 ± 44.47

98.11 ± 9.46