Table 2 Organ weights of young rats, old rats and old rats treated with olive leaves extract (OLE).

From: Olive leaf extract supplementation improves the vascular and metabolic alterations associated with aging in Wistar rats

 

Young

Old

Old + OLE

Heart (mg)

1,503.8 ± 78.8

1,891.3 ± 55.6**

1,845.8 ± 78.9**

Heart (mg/100 g body weight)

314.6 ± 10.8

291.0 ± 14.4

264.6 ± 13.7*

Epidydimal visceral adipose tissue (mg)

9,843.1 ± 1075.0

20,475.4 ± 1451.5***

21,545.9 ± 1908.0***

Epidydimal visceral adipose tissue (mg/100 g body weight)

2,107.1 ± 183.7

3,201.8 ± 139.6***

2,970.7 ± 265.1**

Lumbar subcutaneous adipose tissue (mg)

4,992.4 ± 787.5

27,905.7 ± 6192.6***

28,619.6 ± 2906.6***

Lumbar subcutaneous adipose tissue (mg/100 g body weight)

1,063.1 ± 139.6

3,974.2 ± 661.4***

4,249.9 ± 396.9***

Interscapular brown adipose tissue (mg)

496.3 ± 50.0

810.8 ± 119.4*

1011.8 ± 154.6***

Interscapular brown adipose tissue (mg/100 g body weight)

105.6 ± 9.8

111.1 ± 12.9

140.4 ± 14.4*#

Periaortic adipose tissue (mg)

180.0 ± 26.0

307.9 ± 47.7**

397.5 ± 57.8***

Periaortic adipose tissue (mg/100 g body weight)

39.3 ± 5.9

47.8 ± 7.5

55.2 ± 5.9*

Liver (mg)

13,465.0 ± 425.6

14,886.9 ± 566.9*

15,733.9 ± 588.5**

Liver (mg/100 g body weight)

2,932.8 ± 103.6

2,204.2 ± 138.6***

2,343.0 ± 92.6**

Soleus (mg)

180.8 ± 12.6

163.4 ± 10.8

173.1 ± 11.6

Soleus (mg/100 g body weight)

39.2 ± 2.1

26.0 ± 1.6***

24.8 ± 2.0***

Gastrocnemius (mg)

2,473.4 ± 50.7

2,239.1 ± 101.9*

2,560.9 ± 123.0#

Gastrocnemius (mg/100 g body weight)

534.4 ± 12.1

329.4 ± 15.7***

375.5 ± 11.1***#

  1. Data are represented as mean value ± SEM; n = 6–11 samples/group.
  2. *p < 0.05 vs. Young; **p < 0.01 vs. Young; ***p < 0.001 vs. Young; #p < 0.05 vs. Old.