Research Article
Cocoa Pod Husk Pectin Intended as a Pharmaceutical Excipient Has No Adverse Effects on Haematological Parameters in Sprague Dawley Rats
Table 1
Results showing the effect of CPH pectin on body weight change in SDRs.
| Week | Control | 0.714 mg/kg | 7.14 mg/kg | 71.4 mg/kg |
| | Male |
| 0 | 161.00±4.62 | 163.00±4.70 | 161.67±3.39 | 171.30±4.13 | 4 | 209.50±6.46 | 230.83±6.17 | 229.33±4.05 | 227.50±4.80 | 8 | 234.17±4.48 | 260.00±7.90 | 256.87±8.65 | 249.50±5.50 | 13 | 267.67±16.87 | 272.50±12.26 | 266.17±12.36 | 270.30± 10.00 | | Female |
| 0 | 133.00±1.24 | 162.67±0.88 | 153.17±0.98 | 117.83±0.79 | 4 | 173.70±5.29 | 179.17±1.49 | 173.83±2.17 | 161.50±2.88 | 8 | 186.83±6.93 | 184.50±3.37 | 182.00±0.45 | 180.67±4.24 | 13 | 200.50±7.84 | 190.83±1.49 | 185.50±2.26 | 189.00±4.40 |
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