Table 1 Rat body weight values representing mean ± sem. ^a-e within the same row, means with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05)

Day 1

166.7 ± 0.38

170.6 ± 0.74^b

168.8 ± 0.42^c

171.5 ± 0.39^cd

165.7 ± 0.38^d

175.7 ± 0.40^d

Day 7

171.2 ± 0.25^a

181.4 ± 0.65^b

173.2 ± 0.25^a

168.8 ± 0.42^c

171.2 ± 0.38^c

183.9 ± 0.42^c

Day 14

179.0 ± 0.23^a

189.1 ± 0.60^d

180.6 ± 0.44^e

172.5 ± 0.34c

179.4 ± 0.30^d

191.7 ± 0.34^d

Day 21

184.8 ± 0.20^a

201.2 ± 0.42^de

193.5 ± 0.32^e

209.1 ± 0.42^ab

188.8 ± 0.31^cd

210.8 ± 0.30^bcd