Table 6.

The absolute organ weights (g) and the relative organ weights (g/g brain weight) of male SD rats fed with RYR for 90 days

	Absolute organ weights			Relative organ weights
	Control	20% RYR	40% RYR	Control	20% RYR	40% RYR
Brain	2.25 ± 0.19	2.06 ± 0.05	2.16 ± 0.10	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00	1.00 ± 0.00
Heart	1.65 ± 0.15	1.56 ± 0.11	1.54 ± 0.06	0.73 ± 0.06	0.76 ± 0.06	0.72 ± 0.05
Prostate	1.50 ± 0.40	1.75 ± 0.10	1.58 ± 0.20	0.67 ± 0.16	0.85 ± 0.07	0.73 ± 0.08
Gastrocnemius	4.35 ± 0.36	4.11 ± 0.24	4.27 ± 0.22	1.93 ± 0.03	2.00 ± 0.12	1.98 ± 0.14
Adrenal	0.0698 ± 0.0090	0.0734 ± 0.0060	0.0750 ± 0.0080	0.0319 ± 0.0043	0.0356 ± 0.0029	0.0349 ± 0.0044
Thymus	0.55 ± 0.13	0.42 ± 0.08	0.44 ± 0.07	0.2501 ± 0.0802	0.2062 ± 0.0381	0.2038 ± 0.0251
Spleen	1.04 ± 0.21	0.97 ± 0.20	0.88 ± 0.10	0.46 ± 0.10	0.47 ± 0.10	0.41 ± 0.03
Pancreas	1.65 ± 0.44	1.95 ± 0.48	1.68 ± 0.32	0.73 ± 0.16	0.95 ± 0.24	0.78 ± 0.15
Testis	3.95 ± 0.37	4.09 ± 0.24	3.67 ± 0.72	1.76 ± 0.24	1.99 ± 0.15	1.70 ± 0.30
Epididymis	1.58 ± 0.24	1.68 ± 0.34	1.31 ± 0.35	0.71 ± 0.11	0.82 ± 0.16	0.60 ± 0.15
Urinary bladder	0.13 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.02	0.15 ± 0.02	0.0591 ± 0.0122	0.0559 ± 0.0075	0.0689 ± 0.0111
Seminal vesicle	1.95 ± 0.22	1.92 ± 0.35	1.65 ± 0.22	0.87 ± 0.07	0.94 ± 0.18	0.76 ± 0.08
Liver	16.47 ± 1.70	12.56 ± 1.18**	14.64 ± 0.73	7.32 ± 0.49	6.10 ± 0.54**	6.80 ± 0.45
Lungs	2.07 ± 0.26	1.74 ± 0.13*	1.88 ± 0.14	0.93 ± 0.15	0.85 ± 0.08	0.87 ± 0.04
Kidney	4.02 ± 0.34	3.15 ± 0.28**	3.61 ± 0.22	1.79 ± 0.07	1.53 ± 0.13*	1.67 ± 0.07
Stomach	2.21 ± 0.14	1.78 ± 0.13**	2.11 ± 0.06	0.98 ± 0.06	0.87 ± 0.07*	0.98 ± 0.07
Thyroid	0.0550 ± 0.0087	0.0410 ± 0.0098*	0.0504 ± 0.0033	0.0247 ± 0.0051	0.0199 ± 0.0049	0.0234 ± 0.0022

All data are given as mean ± standard deviation (n = 5)

Significantly different from control by Dunnett’s t-test: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01