Skip to main content

Table 2 Body, liver and adipose weights of the experimental mice

From: Inhibitory effects of astaxanthin on azoxymethane-induced colonic preneoplastic lesions in C57/BL/KsJ-db/dbmice

Group no.

Treatment

No. of mice

Body weight (g) a

Relative organ weight (g/100 g body weight) a

Liver

adipose b

1

None

10

51.2 ± 3.2

6.7 ± 0.9

5.9 ± 0.5

2

Astaxanthin

10

50.3 ± 3.0

6.1 ± 0.8

5.5 ± 0.8

3

AOM alone

10

46.7 ± 4.0c

5.6 ± 0.7c

5.6 ± 0.8

4

AOM + astaxanthin

10

48.6 ± 3.4

6.0 ± 0.6

5.1 ± 0.7

  1. aMean ± SD.
  2. bWhite adipose tissue of the periorchis and retroperitoneum.
  3. cSignificantly different from group 1 by Tukey-Kramer Multiple Comparison Test (P < 0.05).