Vitex agnus-castus L. (Verbenaceae) Improves the Liver Lipid Metabolism and Redox State of Ovariectomized Rats

Table 1

General features.

	Control	OVX	OVX + CE	OVX + ButF
Uterine weight	0.117 ± 0.006^a	0.014 ± 0.001	0.015 ± 0.001	0.015 ± 0.001
Body weight gain	116.8 ± 6.814^b	150.4 ± 4.112	151.1 ± 5.206	142.3 ± 5.822
Food consumption	19.52 ± 0.266	20.87 ± 0.431	19.82 ± 0.514	19.58 ± 0.948
Adiposity index	6.205 ± 0.437	9.005 ± 0.661^c	6.502 ± 0.211	7.040 ± 0.445
Mesenteric fat	1.096 ± 0.086	1.450 ± 0.092^d	0.978 ± 0.073	0.892 ± 0.051
Uterine fat	0.558 ± 0.055	0.611 ± 0.021	0.598 ± 0.013	0.588 ± 0.074
Inguinal fat	1.778 ± 0.116	3.153 ± 0.268^e	2.121 ± 0.198	2.532 ± 0.175^f
Retroperitoneal fat	2.712 ± 0.355	4.150 ± 0.261^g	2.991 ± 0.258	3.212 ± 0.303

Notes: the uterine and fat depots weights were expressed in g/100 g BW ( = 4–6). Thebody weight gain was expressed in g ( = 6–9). Food consumption was expressed in g/day ( = 6–9). The adiposity index was calculated from the sum of the retroperitoneal, uterine, mesenteric, and inguinal fat weights, which was related to g/100 g BW (). The results were expressed as the means ± SEM. The letters indicate the statistical significance as revealed by ANOVA (^a control versus OVX, OVX + CE, and OVX + ButF; ^b control versus OVX, OVX + CE, and OVX + ButF; ^c OVX versus control, OVX + CE, and OVX + ButF; ^d OVX versus control, OVX + CE, and OVX + ButF; ^e OVX versus control, OVX + CE, and OVX + ButF; ^f OVX + ButF versus control; ^g OVX versus control and OVX + CE).