Parameters | 8-week dieting | Post 4-week treatment | |||||
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Chow | HC | Chow | HC | HC + Pio | HC + SNN | HC + Sim | |
Body weight (g) | 392.6 ± 5.9 | 433.3 ± 6.1††| 436.0 ± 6.5 | 487.1 ± 10.7** | 510.4 ± 11.5 | 477.3 ± 9.5 | 477.9 ± 18.9 |
Post 4-week body weight gain (g) | ND | ND | 43.38 ± 3.82 | 53.88 ± 6.81* | 78.73 ± 8.24# | 45.00 ± 5.96 | 49.50 ± 7.88 |
Liver weight (g) | 9.9 ± 0.07 | 18.7 ± 0.40††| 14.05 ± 0.39 | 20.08 ± 0.67** | 18.55 ± 0.48 | 19.78 ± 0.70 | 20.72 ± 1.07 |
Liver/Body weight ratio (%) | 2.69 ± 0.02 | 4.31 ± 0.03 | 3.15 ± 0.02 | 4.12 ± 0.17 | 3.64 ± 0.14 | 4.14 ± 0.22 | 4.32 ± 0.22 |
Food intake (kal/d) | 73.5 ± 3.1 | 102.2 ± 3.8††| 75.60 ± 4.0 | 110.24 ± 5.2** | 112.36 ± 3.8 | 106.54 ± 6.1 | 104.88 ± 5.6 |
Liver TG (mg/g) | 20.2 ± 0.6 | 58.3 ± 1.2††| 24.1 ± 0.6 | 67.2 ± 2.6** | 48.1 ± 0.9## | 47.8 ± 1.3## | 46.2 ± 13## |
Liver glycogen (mg/g) | ND | ND | 46.7 ± 4.57 | 16.8 ± 1.33** | 30.8 ± 1.95## | 31.02 ± 1.62## | ND |
ALT (u/l) | 51.6 ± 2.8 | 54.4 ± 2.7 | 56.04 ± 8.91 | 52.28 ± 5.60 | 62.51 ± 8.68 | 70.19 ± 12.76 | 66.4 ± 8.75 |
AST (u/l) | 125.5 ± 12.9 | 88.8 ± 3.6 | 110.1 ± 10.79 | 91.4 ± 12.59 | 90.2 ± 15.35 | 132.4 ± 87.98 | 89.7 ± 8.70 |