Neuromodulation by soy diets or equol: Anti-depressive & anti-obesity-like influences, age- & hormone-dependent effects

Table 1 Body Weight Prior to Each Porsolt Test and Tissue Collection Body Weight, WAT and WAT/BW (grams, MEAN ± SEM)

Experiment	Diet	1^st PFST	2^nd PFST	3^rd PFST	T.C. BW	T.C. WAT	WAT/BW
1	Phyto-low	330.4 ± 5.9	354.0 ± 5.7**	375.6 ± 7.3**	369.9 ± 80.4**	20.1 ± 1.7*	0.054 ± 0.004*
	Phyto-600	327.6 ± 5.1	326.4 ± 5.4	332.6 ± 6.7	331.3 ± 6.4	13.1 ± 1.2	0.039 ± 0.003
2	Phyto-low	318.5 ± 15.0	338.2 ± 16.5	N/A	335.1 ± 15.8	16.1 ± 2.4	0.047 ± 0.005
	Phyto-600	301.1 ± 12.9	323.2 ± 16.3		322.3 ± 15.2	11.9 ± 2.5	0.036 ± 0.006
3	Phyto-low	336.0 ± 7.3	N/A	N/A	336.0 ± 7.3	16.0 ± 0.9	0.042 ± 0.005
	Phyto-600	319.1 ± 6.8	N/A	N/A	319.1 ± 6.8	11.4 ± 0.7#	0.032 ± 0.004
4	Phyto-low	431.0 ± 12.6*	487.1 ± 20.6*	454.4 ± 56.6	453.5 ± 19.3	23.4 ± 5.1	0.049 ± 0.009
	Phyto-600	371.5 ± 15.4	414.6 ± 12.3	417.0 ± 57.8	413.6 ± 20.2	20.2 ± 2.0	0.048 ± 0.010
5	Phyto-low	526.5 ± 25.9*	507.9 ± 21.2	N/A	505.6 ± 21.0	32.1 ± 3.9#	0.063 ± 0.006#
	Phyto-600	469.1 ± 21.3	472.1 ± 19.6	N/A	471.7 ± 19.0	23.3 ± 2.7	0.049 ± 0.005

Comparing diet and/or equol treatments within a column category: ** p < 0.001; * p < 0.01; # p < 0.05; PFST = Porsolt forced swim test, N/A = not assayed, T.C. = tissue collection; BW = body weight; WAT = white adipose tissue deposition, Bold values = time of equol injection.

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