. 2023 May 4;23:145. doi: 10.1186/s12906-023-03953-6

Table 1.

Biological parameters, absolute weight, and relative weight of organs of females treated with the ethanolic extract of S. lachnostachys (EESl)

Biological parameters
Experimental groups (mg/kg)	Initial weight²	Final weight¹	Weight gain¹	Uterus Weight¹	Net Weight gain¹
Absolute Weight (g)
Control	29.26 ± 0.57^a	53.94 ± 0.95^a	24.67 ± 0.84^a	19.71 ± 0.65^a	4.97 ± 0.64^a
EESl 100	29.46 ± 0.38^a	49.66 ± 1.23^a	20.20 ± 1.07^b	16.97 ± 0.85^a	3.23 ± 0.43^a
EESl 1000	29.15 ± 0.73^a	51.69 ± 1.66^a	22.53 ± 1.36^ab	18.40 ± 1.05^a	4.13 ± 0.49^a
Absolute Weight of organs (g)
	Heart²	Lungs¹	Spleen²	Kidney²	Liver¹
Control	0.18 ± 0.01^a	0.23 ± 0.01^a	0.15 ± 0.01^a	0.40 ± 0.02^a	2.49 ± 0.05^a
EESl 100	0.16 ± 0.00^a	0.21 ± 0.01^a	0.13 ± 0.01^a	0.36 ± 0.02^a	2.15 ± 0.08^b
EESl 1000	0.17 ± 0.01^a	0.23 ± 0.01^a	0.14 ± 0.00^a	0.38 ± 0.01^a	2.42 ± 0.11^ab
Relative Weight of organs
	Heart²	Lungs¹	Spleen²	Kidney²	Liver¹
Control	0.003 ± 0.00^a	0.004 ± 0.00^a	0.003 ± 0.00^a	0.01 ± 0.00^a	0.05 ± 0.00^a
EESl 100	0.003 ± 0.00^a	0.004 ± 0.00^a	0.003 ± 0.00^a	0.01 ± 0.00^a	0.04 ± 0.00^a
EESl 1000	0.003 ± 0.00^a	0.004 ± 0.00^a	0.003 ± 0.00^a	0.01 ± 0.00^a	0.05 ± 0.00^a

Legend: g grams. Equal letters indicate no statistically significant differences. Mean ± Standard error of the mean (1—Anova/Tukey’s test; 2—Kruskal–Wallis/Dunn, p > 0.05)