Control rats Untreated hypertension  Treated hypertensive Mean ± SD 223.5 ± 2.6 197.6 ± 4.2 229.5 ± 2.6

A significant increase in body weight (P<0.02) was noticed in treated group.

Table 1: Means ± SD of Body weight of control, untreated hypertensive and treated hypertensive rats.