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Table 6 Effects of BRG on body weight, FER, tissue weight and hepatic TG level

From: Optimal bioconversion for compound K production from red ginseng root (C.A. Mayer) by sequential enzymatic hydrolysis and its characteristics

 

CD

HD

1% RG in HD

1% BRG in HD

Initial BW (g)

226.7 ± 10.98NS

226.6 ± 9.90NS

227.0 ± 8.42NS

227.6 ± 1.38NS

Final BW (g)

351.8 ± 1.91a*

431.1 ± 14.29b

407.6 ± 6.19b

376.6 ± 11.15a

Food intake (g/day)

16.9 ± 0.18a

16.4 ± 0.36ac

16.4 ± 0.23ac

15.8 ± 0.35bc

FER

0.23 ± 0.013a

0.37 ± 0.014b

0.36 ± 0.017bc

0.32 ± 0.018c

Tissue weights and hepatic TG level

 Heart (g)

1.37 ± 0.021ac

1.51 ± 0.014b

1.40 ± 0.036a

1.28 ± 0.040dc

 Liver (g)

9.98 ± 0.075a

12.73 ± 0.43b

12.77 ± 0.317b

13.27 ± 0.42bc

 Kidney (g)

1.25 ± 0.034a

1.43 ± 0.042b

1.26 ± 0.030a

1.30 ± 0.037ac

 Spleen (g)

0.85 ± 0.034acd

0.88 ± 0.040a

0.8 ± 0.026acd

0.78 ± 0.03d

 PFT (g)

5.10 ± 0.317a

12.91 ± 1.650b

10.67 ± 0.592bc

7.82 ± 1.179a

 EFT (g)

5.40 ± 0.306a

11.33 ± 1.440b

10.45 ± 0.694b

6.55 ± 0.804a

 Hepatic TG (mg/g tissue)

15.75 ± 0.220a

16.71 ± 0.210b

17.09 ± 0.422b

15.46 ± 0.228a

  1. CD; normal diet group, HD; high-fat diet group, 1% RG in HD; 1% red ginseng powder supplemented HD group, 1% BRG in HD; 1% biotransformed red ginseng powder supplemented HD group. BW: body weight, FER: food efficiency ratio = (body mass gain for experimental period (g/day)/food intake for experimental period (g/day). PFT; perirenal fat tissue, EFT; epididymal fat tissue, TG; triglyceride
  2. Data are the mean ± SD
  3. NS not significant
  4. * Different superscript letters in the same raw mean significantly different at p < 0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test