Average weekly

Treatment	Average weekly food intake (g)	Initial weights (g)	Final weights (g)	Weight gain (g%)
BD	134.1 ± 20.1^a	286 ± 2^a	363.5 ± 5^c	77.5 ± 1.7^b (27.1)
HC	122.4 ± 11.6^a	290 ± 3^a	390 ± 2^d	100 ± 9.0^c (34.5)
HC-PFP5	120.8 ± 14.3^a	284 ± 3^a	338 ± 3^a	54.0 ± 3.2^a (19)
HC-PFE5	121.0 ± 18.8^a	284 ± 2^a	346 ± 4^b	62.3 ± 1.5^a (21.9)
HC-PFE7.5	114.0 ± 10.6^a	287 ± 4^a	342 ± 4^ab	55.5 ± 1.4^a (19.3)

Table 3: Average weekly food intake and body weight gain of rats fed experimental diets for four weeks, values are means ± standard deviations of five animals. Values in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05). BD: Basal Diet; HC: High Cholesterol Diet; HC-PFP: HC + P. florida 5% Powder; HC-PFE 5: HC + P. florida 5% Extract; HC-PFE 7.5: HC + P. florida 7.5% Extract.