Cyanidin and malvidin in aqueous extracts of black carrots fermented with Aspergillus oryzae prevent the impairment of energy, lipid and glucose metabolism in estrogen-deficient rats by AMPK activation

Table 3 Measurement of lean body and fat mass by DEXA

	OVX-CON (n = 10)	OVX-BC (n = 10)	OVX-BCLP (n = 10)	OVX-BCAO (n = 10)	Sham-CON (n = 10)
Lean mass in the abdomen (g/cm³)	20.8 ± 2.8^b	24.6 ± 3.6^a	25.5 ± 3.7^a	24.9 ± 3.2^a,*	26.3 ± 3.4^†
Fat mass in the abdomen (g/cm³)	17.5 ± 2.9^a	16.6 ± 3.25^a,b	15.0 ± 2.4^b	12.4 ± 2.8^c,*	11.4 ± 2.7^†
Lean mass in the leg (g/cm³)	5.33 ± 0.71^b	5.74 ± 0.89^b	6.76 ± 1.13^a	6.05 ± 0.87^a,b,*	6.89 ± 1.08^†
Fat mass in the leg (g/cm³)	5.12 ± 0.72^a	4.48 ± 0.65^b	4.39 ± 0.69^b	3.78 ± 0.57^c	3.27 ± 0.58^†

OVX-CON, OVX rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD) with 2 % dextrin; BC, OVX rats fed HFD with 2 % lyophilized water extracts of black carrot; BCAO, 2 % lyophilized water extract of black carrot fermented with Asperillus oryzae; BCLP, OVX rats fed HFD with 2 % lyophilized water extract of black carrot fermented with Lactobacillus plantarum; Sham-CON, Sham rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD) with 2 % dextrin
Mean ± standard deviation (n = 10)
^†Significantly different from the OVX-CON by two-sampled t test at P < 0.05
^a,bValues in the same column with different superscripts were significantly different by Tukey’s test at P < 0.05

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