Table 2. Effects of SHM on body, liver weight and water consumption in chronically alcohol-treated rats

	N¹⁾	C	PC	SM	HM	SHM
Body weight (g)
Initial	254.50±5.36^2)a3)	253.75±13.74^a	253.67±17.76^a	255.17±11.54^a	254.17±15.87^a	254.33±1.75^a
Final	434.50±32.40^a	353.75±21.70^c	371.33±30.14^bc	364.50±31.51^bc	369.80±30.11^bc	393.58±17.57^b
Weight gain	180.00±32.49^a	100.00±24.00^c	117.67±25.26^bc	109.33±33.98^bc	118.80±22.76^bc	139.25±18.72^b
Liver weight (g)	10.63±0.46^b	12.93±0.48^a	10.91±0.36^b	11.10±1.10^b	11.22±0.50^b	10.67±0.23^b
Water consumption (mL/day)	46.69±8.33^a	42.16±12.20^a	40.13±14.17^a	45.79±14.09^a	42.63±11.94^a	41.79±11.14^a

N, normal; C, control (alcohol); PC, positive control (silymarin); SM, soybean sprouts mixture; HM, Hovenia dulcis Thunb. fruit mixture; SHM, soybean sprouts mixture containing Hovenia dulcis Thunb. fruit concentrate.
All values are mean±SD (n=6).
Different superscript letters (^a-c) in the same row indicate significant differences (p<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.