Table 1. Effect of HWEG on body weight during the 6‑week feeding period

Group Body weight (g)
Initial 1 week 2 week 3 week 4 week 5 week 6 week
N1) 22.23±0.812)ns3) 22.92±0.80* 24.93±1.27* 26.84±1.24* 29.19±1.85* 29.90±1.85* 31.71±2.28*
C 21.66±0.79 21.38±0.77 22.62±0.71 24.25±0.87 25.61±0.94 26.19±1.01 27.37±1.61
P 20.98±0.86 21.59±0.30 22.81±0.72 24.34±0.91 25.73±1.29 26.48±1.22 28.02±1.49
A 21.41±0.60 21.49±0.85 22.68±1.31 24.41±1.28 25.77±0.97 25.84±0.97 26.76±1.47
N, normal diet; C, ethanol diet; P, ethanol diet with silymarin (100 mg/kg); A, ethanol diet with HWEG (6.7 mg/kg).
All values are mean±SD (n=10).
ns, not significant; *, means with different between group of samples by one‑way ANOVA with Tukey’s test (p<0.05).