Table 1 Effect of AAE on food intake, weight gain, adiposity index, hepatic fat content, liver weight, and AST, ALT, and TNF-α in the serum of mice feed with HF diet.
Parameter | Experimental groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
C | A | HF | HFA | |
Food intake (g/week) | 26.46 ± 0.26a | 24.46 ± 0.28a | 19.98 ± 0.08b | 21.48 ± 0.13b |
Weight gain (g) | 26.23 ± 1.21b | 21.84 ± 1.63b | 37.48 ± 2.78a | 35.50 ± 2.07a |
Adiposity index (%) | 6.25 ± 0.70b | 4.55 ± 0.57b | 8.90 ± 0.24a | 7.25 ± 0.56a |
Hepatic fat content (%) | 10.98 ± 1.53c | 7.78 ± 1.23c | 30.98 ± 2.01a | 18.03 ± 1.54b |
Liver weight (g) | 2.17 ± 0.13b | 1.91 ± 0.04b | 4.18 ± 0.35a | 3.15 ± 0.35b |
Serum | ||||
AST (IU) | 41.54 ± 2.19 | 44.27 ± 2.20 | 47.84 ± 6.53 | 42.74 ± 3.90 |
ALT (IU) | 10.52 ± 1.49b | 11.42 ± 1.97b | 20.89 ± 2.58a | 11.78 ± 1.43b |
TNF-α (pg/mL) | 14.00 ± 0.43b | 13.01 ± 0.39b | 17.74 ± 1.20a | 14.47 ± 0.50b |