Table 2.

Effect of treatment on organ weights of Male and Female rats calculated per 100 g of animal weight at different doses of MoS₂ NF in sub-acute toxicity studies

Organs	Female			Male
	Control group	MoS2NF		Control group	MoS2NF
		3 mg/kg	10 mg/kg		3 mg/kg	10 mg/kg
Brain	2.567 ± 0.127		2.933 ± 0.156	2.94 ± 0.107	2.770 ± 0.15	3.343 ± 0.143
Heart	1.00 ± 0.064		1.103 ± 0.067	1.047 ± 0.081	0.767 ± 0.07	0.917 ± 0.105
Liver	9.92 ± 0.18		11.81 ± 0.13***	12.61 ± 0.23***	6.82 ± 0.23	11.47 ± 0.26***
Lungs	2.137 ± 0.27		3.99 ± 0.24**	4.82 ± 0.326***	2.117 ± 0.102	3.13 ± 0.13**
Ovary	0.289 ± 0.107		0.250 ± 0.093	0.147 ± 0.029	2.96 ± 0.061	4.44 ± 0.121***
Kidney	1.743 ± 0.142		1.110 ± 0.097*	1.237 ± 0.137	1.087 ± 0.068	2.650 ± 0.144***

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 5, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 as compared with control. *indicates an increase in animals weight