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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2009 Mar 18;54(2):118–123. doi: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.03.002

Table 6.

Organ weights (n = 5).

Item Gender Ginger (mg/kg)
0 500 1000 2000
BW (g) M 345.2 ± 4.3 359.0 ± 14.1 360.8 ± 17.8 335.0 ± 25.7
F 233.6 ± 29.3 237.4 ± 20.5 224.8 ± 11.7 224.0±12.5
Lungs (g) M 1.54 ± 0.40 1.44 ± 0.13 1.45 ± 0.07 1.43 ± 0.19
F 1.03 ± 0.14 1.03 ± 0.06 1.13 ± 0.09 1.01 ± 0.07
Lungs/BW (g/kg) M 4.48 ± 1.20 4.01 ± 0.31 4.04 ± 0.30 4.28 ± 0.59
F 4.40 ± 0.22 4.34 ± 0.34 5.04 ± 0.39* 4.52 ± 0.19
Heart (g) M 1.01 ± 0.06 1.09 ± 0.08 1.05 ± 0.08 0.99 ± 0.06
F 0.69 ± 0.06 0.69 ± 0.07 0.70 ± 0.03 0.69 ± 0.04
Heart/BW (g/kg) M 2.93 ± 0.20 3.02 ± 0.19 2.91 ± 0.20 2.95 ± 0.08
F 2.96 ± 0.14 2.91 ± 0.25 3.14 ± 0.19 3.07 ± 0.24
Spleen (g) M 0.90 ± 0.16 0.83 ± 0.07 0.89 ± 0.11 0.90 ± 0.16
F 0.56 ± 0.07 0.57 ± 0.09 0.63 ± 0.12 0.57 ± 0.08
Spleen/BW (g/kg) M 2.61 ± 0.44 2.31 ± 0.21 2.46 ± 0.31 2.67 ± 0.39
F 2.42 ± 0.18 2.39 ± 0.28 2.77 ± 0.43 2.55 ± 0.30
Kidneys (g) M 2.45 ± 0.16 2.61 ± 0.15 2.62 ± 0.16 2.40 ± 0.25
F 1.59 ± 0.11 1.62 ± 0.14 1.54 ± 0.16 1.61 ± 0.15
Kidneys/BW (g/kg) M 7.09 ± 0.38 7.27 ± 0.33 7.29 ± 0.65 7.17 ± 0.69
F 6.87 ± 0.62 6.85 ± 0.50 6.90 ± 0.68 7.17 ± 0.51
Testes (g) M 3.53 ± 0.23 3.59 ± 0.25 3.69 ± 0.17 3.02 ± 0.17*
Testes/BW (g/kg) M 10.22 ± 0.66 10.01 ± 0.56 10.24 ± 0.61 9.04 ± 0.70*
Ovaries + uterus (g) F 0.55 ± 0.06 0.52 ± 0.05 0.57 ± 0.18 0.52 ± 0.05
Ovaries + uterus/BW (g/kg) F 2.41 ± 0.49 2.18 ± 0.23 2.52 ± 0.68 2.31 ± 0.23

M, male; F, female.

*

P < 0.05.