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Table 3 Changes in body weight, body weight gain, food intake, water intake, and organ-body weight ratio in control and experimental rats

From: A mechanism underlying the neurotoxicity induced by sodium fluoride and its reversal by epigallocatechin gallate in the rat hippocampus: involvement of NrF2/Keap-1 signaling pathway

Groups

Control

EGCG

Fl

EGCG + Fl

Body weight

Initial (g)

180.3 ± 1.20

183.4 ± 3.2

184.6 ± 4.2

185.3 ± 2.4

Final (g)

223.6 ± 2.3

225.2 ± 3.7

173.4 ± 4.8

220.8 ± 5.3

Organ weight (g) brain

1.70 ± 0.04a

1.71 ± 0.05a

1.50 ± 0.02b

1.67 ± 0.03c

Food intake (g/100 g bw/day)

13.18 ± 0.72a

14.76 ± 0.81a

09.12 ± 0.50b

13.29 ± 0.70c

Water intake (mL/rat/day)

19.24 ± 2.30a

20.30 ± 2.25a

14.18 ± 1.18b

18.27 ± 2.46c

Organ-body weight ratio (%) brain

0.72 ± 0.007a

0.71 ± 0.008a

0.49 ± 0.004b

0.64 ± 0.005c

  1. Values are given as mean ± SD from six rats in each group. a, b, and cValues with different superscript letters (a–c) in the same row differ significantly at p < 0.05 (DMRT)
  2. aValues do not differ significantly from control and EGCG group at (p < 0.05)
  3. bValues differ significantly from control and drug control group at (p < 0.05)
  4. cValues differ significantly from Fl group at (P < 0.05)