Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Table 2 Effect of oral administration of cinnamaldehyde and costunolide on body weight in HFD fed rats for 30 days

From: Potential role of cinnamaldehyde and costunolide to counteract metabolic syndrome induced by excessive fructose consumption

Groups	Body weight (gm)
Groups	Before treatment	After treatment
Control	297.02 ^a ± 9.67	322.00 ^a ± 9.14
HFD	249.00 ^b ± 14.94	243.30 ^b ± 13.05
HFD+ Cinnmaldehyde (40 mg/kg)	251.70 ^b ± 15.24	262.80 ^b ± 32.38
HFD+ Costunolide (20 mg/kg)	241.98 ^b ± 15.25	242.00 ^b ± 13.73
HFD+ Metformin (300 mg/kg)	245.90 ^b ± 10.69	239.90 ^b ± 3.71

Values are means ± SE
Means carrying different superscripts considered significant (P < 0.05)

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