Safety Assessment of Water-Extract Sericin from Silkworm (Bombyx mori) Cocoons Using Different Model Approaches

Table 5

Body weight gain, food intake, and food utilization rate of rats treated with sericin extract for 90 days.

Sex	Dose (mg/kg)	Total body weight gain (g)	Total food intake (g)	Average food utilization rate (%)
Male	1000
	500
	250
	Control
Female	1000
	500
	250
	Control

Note: The values represent the of 10 rats. . The values of the treatment groups did not differ statistically from the control according to one-way ANOVA at .