Table 2 Effect of coenzyme Q10 supplement on body weight, gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio (FCR) in SD rats fed 1% of cholesterol diet
Items | Treatment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No cholesterol | Cholesterol (1%) | Significance | |||||
No CoQ10 | CoQ10 (0.5%) | No CoQ10 | CoQ10 (0.5%) | ||||
CON | COQ | CHO | CHCQ | Coq | Cho | C*C | |
Initial BW (g), 7 wks | 183.96 ± 6.84 | 184.93 ± 7.25 | 184.42 ± 6.78 | 186.20 ± 7.24 | NS | NS | NS |
Final BW (g), 11 wks | 389.55 ± 11.90 | 380.88 ± 28.25 | 379.83 ± 10.75 | 402.35 ± 20.49 | NS | NS | NS |
Weight gain (g) | 205.59 ± 14.4 | 195.95 ± 23.31 | 195.41 ± 14.96 | 216.15 ± 16.55 | NS | NS | * |
Feed intake (g/day) | 20.37 ± 1.38 | 22.16 ± 0.82 | 21.17 ± 2.79 | 23.49 ± 1.68 | NS | NS | NS |
FCR | 3.48 ± 0.30 | 4.00 ± 0.37 | 3.79 ± 0.40 | 3.82 ± 0.38 | NS | NS | NS |