Effect of oral epidermal growth factor on mucosal healing in rats with duodenal ulcer

Table 2 EGF and food intake of sham operation and duodenal ulcer rats with or without oral EGF¹

Group	Sham operation		Duodenal ulcer
	-EGF	+EGF	-EGF	+EGF
	EGF intake (μg/kg/day)2
Day 5	-3	59.9 ± 3.8	-	57.8 ± 0.4
Day 15	-	57.3 ± 0.6	-	58.1 ± 0.3
	Food intake before operation (g/day)2
Day 5	24.5 ± 1.1	25.2 ± 0.8	26.5 ± 0.5	25.4 ± 0.9
Day 15	25.1 ± 0.5	25.3 ± 0.4	26.6 ± 0.8	24.8 ± 0.6
	Food intake before sacrifice (g/day)
Day 5	27.9 ± 4.3a	27.4 ± 6.4a	24.2 ± 3.6a	25.6 ± 5.4a
Day 15	27.2 ± 1.8b	26.7 ± 1.0b	25.1 ± 1.4a	25.2 ± 1.8ab

¹Data are mean ± SE (n = 10). Values in a row not sharing a superscript letter were significantly different (P < 0.05) by Fisher’s least significant difference test.

²Values were not sig-nificantly different (P > 0.05) among different groups in each row and column by Fisher’s least significant difference test.

³Data were not measured.