Initial body weigt 249.9 ± 3.4NS2) 244.9 ± 4.7 248.3 ± 3.8 245.5 ± 3.0
Body weight at 8 week 343.4 ± 11.4NS 346.3 ± 9.2 348.9 ± 7.1 329.4 ± 9.2
Final body weight 407.7 ± 16.7ab 429.8 ± 10.2b 378.1 ± 10.9a 373.9 ± 7.4a
Weight gain 44.3 ± 4.2ab 83.5 ± 3.8b 29.1 ± 9.8a 44.6 ± 5.8ab
Daily food intake 33.3 ± 0.8b 31.8 ± 0.9b 27.3 ± 1.5a 32.1 ± 1.7b
Liver weight 9.9 ± 0.9a 12.9 ± 2.4b 9.6 ± 1.5a 10.5 ± 1.6a
Epididymal fat pad 6.5 ± 1.5b 7.3 ± 2.2b 3.2 ± 1.3a 3.9 ± 1.9a
Retroperitoneal fat pad 6.6 ± 3.4bc 8.0 ± 3.5c 3.6 ± 1.9a 3.8 ± 2.20ab
1) NCON: normal diet control, HCON: 65% fructose diet control, HGTE: 65%
fructose diet +50 mg/kg green tea extract, HMGT: 65% fructose diet +50 mg/kg
microencapsulated green tea extract.
2) Values are expressed as the mean ± SEM, n = 10 rats per group. NS, not
significant. Different letters in a same row indicate significantly different values
assessed by Duncan’s multiple test (P < 0.05).