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Effects of green tea (G), licorice (L) or their mixture on % body weight increase and % of liver weight/body weight of normal and dimethylnitrosamine (D)-intoxicated male albino rats. |
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| Groups |
Increase of B.W. % |
Liver weight./body weight. % |
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| Mean ± SE |
% of change |
Mean ± SE |
% of change |
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| Control |
7.9 ± 0.228c |
2.7 ± 0.267c |
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| D |
15.3 ± 0.929b |
+ 93.67 |
3.1 ± 0.218abc |
+ 14.81 |
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| G |
2.0 ± 0.045e |
-74.48 |
2.9 ± 0.066bc |
+ 7.40 |
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| L |
1.7 ± 0.058ef |
-78.48 |
2.8 ± 0.136bc |
+ 3.70 |
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| G + L |
2.6 ± 0.041c |
-67.09 |
2.9 ± 0.196bc |
+ 7.4 |
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| D + G |
0.6 ± 0.17f |
-96.08 |
3.1 ± 0.107a |
0 |
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| D + L |
27.8 ± 0.924a |
+ 81.7 |
3.7 ± 0.314ab |
19.35 |
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| D+G+L |
-4.1 ± 0.171d |
-126.80 |
3.4 ± 0.114ab |
9.68 |
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*Means that share the same superscript symbol are insignificantly different. *% of changes of groups D, G and L are relative to control group. *% of changes of groups D+G, D+L and D+G+L are relative to D group. | ||||
El Mgeed et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2009 6:2 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-6-2 |
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