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Table 1 Body weight, food intake, and aspirin intake of rats in different groups

From: Combined Lycium barbarum polysaccharides and C-phycocyanin increase gastric Bifidobacterium relative abundance and protect against gastric ulcer caused by aspirin in rats

  N ASP LBP CPC MIX
Body weight (g/d)
 Week 0 229 ± 2 232 ± 2 231 ± 2 234 ± 2 233 ± 2
 Week 1 305 ± 2 305 ± 2 307 ± 1 308 ± 3 310 ± 3
 Week 9 427 ± 7 344 ± 11* 368 ± 7* 352 ± 11* 351 ± 8*
 Weight gain (g) 197.3 ± 6.9 111.9 ± 11.1* 137.6 ± 7.1* 117.4 ± 11.1* 118.5 ± 8.4*
Food intake (g/d)
 Pre-treatment (week 1) 29.4 ± 0.3 29.4 ± 0.5 30.5 ± 0.2 30.2 ± 0.2 29.9 ± 0.2
 Induction (weeks 2–9) 21.9 ± 0.3 18.5 ± 0.5* 19.8 ± 0.2*# 18.9 ± 0.4* 18.5 ± 0.4*
 Aspirin intake (mg/kg bw/d) 587 ± 16 628 ± 8# 601 ± 13 590 ± 14
 Completion rate (%) 84 ± 2 90 ± 1# 86 ± 2 84 ± 2
  1. Data are mean ± SEM (n = 10–12 per group). Differences between the groups were determined by one-way ANOVA followed by Fisher’s least significant difference test
  2. N, standard powder diet; ASP, aspirin; LBP, aspirin + Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP); CPC, aspirin + C-phycocyanin (CPC); MIX, aspirin + LBP + CPC
  3. *p < 0.05 compared with the N group; #p < 0.05 compared with the ASP group