Table 3: Liver parameters: liver relative weight, total liver lipids, total cholesterol and TAG.

Control MSG
Mean SD Mean SD P
Liver relative weight 3.19 0.56 4.14 0.23 0.004
Total liver lipids (g/100 g) 3.15 0.69 3.98 0.44 0.039
Total cholesterol (mg/100 g) 196.58 16.83 221.8 38.08 0.206
TAG (mg/100 g) 771.6 175.5 792.2 248.9 0.892

Control: n = 6; MSG: n = 6; P < 0.05: significantly different. Student's T test.