Table 5.
Control | 100 mg/kg/day | 300 mg/kg/day | 1000 mg/kg/day | ||
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Males | |||||
Body weight | g | 522.20 ± 38.94 | 497.00 ± 66.06 | 523.70 ± 30.98 | 470.20 ± 20.87⁎⁎ |
Brain (g) | g | 2.23 ± 0.08 | 2.23 ± 0.14 | 2.20 ± 0.06 | 2.14 ± 0.06⁎ |
% | 0.430 ± 0.036 | 0.452 ± 0.048 | 0.422 ± 0.030 | 0.456 ± 0.024 | |
Liver | g | 12.40 ± 1.44 | 11.29 ± 1.23⁎ | 12.35 ± 0.93 | 11.19 ± 0.78⁎ |
% | 2.371 ± 0.146 | 2.283 ± 0.193 | 2.358 ± 0.106 | 2.379 ± 0.110 | |
Heart | g | 1.38 ± 0.16 | 1.27 ± 0.11 | 1.35 ± 0.06 | 1.29 ± 0.09 |
% | 0.265 ± 0.021 | 0.258 ± 0.027 | 0.257 ± 0.013 | 0.275 ± 0.017 | |
Spleen | g | 1.13 ± 0.21 | 0.97 ± 0.18 | 1.04 ± 0.11 | 1.01 ± 0.14 |
% | 0.216 ± 0.034 | 0.196 ± 0.024 | 0.199 ± 0.020 | 0.215 ± 0.026 | |
Kidneys | g | 3.02 ± 0.34 | 2.81 ± 0.17 | 2.82 ± 0.20 | 2.93 ± 0.20 |
% | 0.576 ± 0.029 | 0.569 ± 0.051 | 0.538 ± 0.035⁎ | 0.623 ± 0.038⁎ | |
Thymus | g | 0.45 ± 0.08 | 0.35 ± 0.11 | 0.41 ± 0.49 | 0.36 ± 0.12 |
% | 0.086 ± 0.014 | 0.070 ± 0.017 | 0.078 ± 0.018 | 0.075 ± 0.024 | |
Testes | g | 4.10 ± 0.48 | 3.68 ± 0.32⁎ | 3.76 ± 0.21 | 3.78 ± 0.36 |
% | 0.786 ± 0.082 | 0.748 ± 0.086 | 0.720 ± 0.051 | 0.805 ± 0.070 | |
Epididymides | g | 1.57 ± 0.15 | 1.46 ± 0.11 | 1.50 ± 0.18 | 1.59 ± 0.24 |
% | 0.301 ± 0.033 | 0.297 ± 0.038 | 0.288 ± 0.041 | 0.337 ± 0.047 | |
Adrenals | g | 0.065 ± 0.009 | 0.061 ± 0.008 | 0.065 ± 0.011 | 0.064 ± 0.006 |
% | 0.0126 ± 0.0021 | 0.0124 ± 0.0019 | 0.0125 ± 0.0023 | 0.0137 ± 0.0013 | |
Females | |||||
Body weight | g | 284.70 ± 27.35 | 294.40 ± 28.78 | 292.60 ± 16.02 | 296.40 ± 22.97 |
Brain | g | 2.01 ± 0.06 | 2.03 ± 0.10 | 1.99 ± 0.09 | 2.03 ± 0.08 |
% | 0.711 ± 0.065 | 0.695 ± 0.065 | 0.681 ± 0.039 | 0.688 ± 0.055 | |
Liver | g | 6.84 ± 0.91 | 7.52 ± 0.85 | 7.36 ± 1.35 | 7.24 ± 0.73 |
% | 2.394 ± 0.118 | 2.556 ± .0209 | 2.506 ± 0.379 | 2.441 ± 0.145 | |
Heart | g | 0.87 ± 0.08 | 0.91 ± 0.14 | 0.88 ± 0.09 | 0.89 ± 0.06 |
% | 0.308 ± 0.024 | 0.310 ± 0.042 | 0.303 ± 0.032 | 0.299 ± 0.019 | |
Spleen | g | 0.67 ± 0.08 | 0.75 ± 0.14 | 0.77 ± 0.17 | 0.73 ± 0.10 |
% | 0.236 ± 0.027 | 0.256 ± 0.048 | 0.260 ± 0.050 | 0.246 ± 0.029 | |
Kidneys | g | 1.77 ± 0.18 | 1.85 ± 0.17 | 1.81 ± 0.16 | 1.90 ± 0.18 |
% | 0.623 ± 0.038 | 0.634 ± 0.077 | 0.617 ± 0.045 | 0.639 ± 0.035 | |
Thymus | g | 0.27 ± 0.05 | 0.31 ± 0.06 | 0.27 ± 0.07 | 0.32 ± 0.07 |
% | 0.096 ± 0.018 | 0.104 ± 0.022 | 0.092 ± 0.024 | 0.108 ± 0.021 | |
Uterus | g | 0.80 ± 0.23 | 0.85 ± 0.23 | 0.78 ± 0.26 | 0.91 ± 0.34 |
% | 0.287 ± 0.097 | 0.294 ± 0.106 | 0.269 ± 0.094 | 0.312 ± 0.124 | |
Ovaries | g | 0.144 ± 0.030 | 0.147 ± 0.010 | 0.147 ± 0.015 | 0.142 ± 0.030 |
% | 0.0509 ± 0.0113 | 0.0505 ± 0.0074 | 0.0504 ± 0.0065 | 0.0480 ± 0.0095 | |
Adrenals | g | 0.094 ± 0.011 | 0.094 ± 0.012 | 0.085 ± 0.011 | 0.091 ± 0.012 |
% | 0.0333 ± 0.0041 | 0.0321 ± 0.0031 | 0.0289 ± 0.0034⁎ | 0.0307 ± 0.0039 |
Values are mean ± S.D.
p < 0.05.
p < 0.01.