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Table 6 Effect of Piperonal on Organ weights in normal and experimental obese rats

From: Antiobesity potential of Piperonal: promising modulation of body composition, lipid profiles and obesogenic marker expression in HFD-induced obese rats

Groups

Liver (g)

Heart (g)

Kidney (g)

Testis(g)

Retroperitoneal (g/100Ā g b.wt fat)

Mesentric (g/100Ā g b.wt fat)

Epididymal (g/100Ā g b.wt fat)

ND control

8.3Ā±0.4

0.9Ā±0.2

2.1Ā±0.2

2.3Ā±0.1

0.8Ā±0.1

0.7Ā±0.1

1.0Ā±0.2

HFD control

14.0Ā±0.2a*

1.6Ā±0.2a*

3.9Ā±0.11a*

1.8Ā±0.1a*

3.5Ā±0.4 a*

2.1Ā±0.2a*

2.8Ā±0.5 a*

HFDā€‰+ā€‰Orlistat 5Ā mg/kg b.wt

10.4Ā±0.6b*

1.0Ā±0.1b*

2.4Ā±0.3b*

2 Ā±0.1

1.1Ā±0.1b*

1.2Ā±0.2b*

1.2Ā±0.2b*

HFDā€‰+ā€‰Piperonal 20Ā mg/kg b.wt

13.3Ā±0.5

1.3Ā±0.1

3.7Ā±0.3

1.8Ā±0.3

2.9Ā±0.1

1.9Ā±0.2

2.3Ā±0.3

HFDā€‰+ā€‰Piperonal 30Ā mg/kg b.wt

11.6Ā±0.4b*

1.0Ā±0.2

3.5Ā±0.1

1.9Ā±0.2

2.4Ā±0.2

1.5Ā±0.1

1.9Ā±0.2

HFDā€‰+ā€‰Piperonal 40Ā mg/kg b.wt

10.0Ā±0.6 b*

0.9Ā±0.1b*

2.7Ā±0.2b*

2.1Ā±0.01

1.3Ā±0.2b*

0.9Ā±0.1b*

1.1Ā±0.1b*

  1. Values are statistically significant at *pā€‰<ā€‰0.05
  2. aSignificantly different from normal control
  3. bSignificantly different from HFD control