Table 7.

Effect of a forty-day oral administration of Corrigiola telephiifolia extract on relative organ weights of Wistar rats.

			Corrigiola telephiifolia (mg/kg/day)
		Control	5	70	2000
Females	Organ
	Heart	0.31 ± 0.02	0.30 ± 0.03	0.28 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.05
	Liver	2.20 ± 0.12	2.25 ± 0.10	2.28 ± 0.10	2.35 ± 0.10
	Spleen	0.26 ± 0.03	0.25 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.01	0.22 ± 0.03
	Stomach	0.65 ± 0.10	0.64 ± 0.08	0.63 ± 0.10	0.68 ± 0.09
	Right lung	0.29 ± 0.03	0.3 ± 0.04	0.30 ± 0.03	0.39 ± 0.10
	Left lung	0.24 ± 0.04	0.23 ± 0.03	0.22 ± 0.02	0.27 ± 0.07
	Right kidney	0.31 ± 0.02	0.30 ± 0.02	0.25 ± 0.02	0.29 ± 0.04
	Left kidney	0.29 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.04
Males	Organ
	Heart	0.32 ± 0.01	0.33 ± 0.01	0.35 ± 0.05	0.30 ± 0.01
	Liver	2.60 ± 0.12	2.70 ± 0.14	2.79 ± 0.16	2.76 ± 0.18
	Spleen	0.23 ±0.01	0.22 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.01	0.22 ± 0.01
	Stomach	0.63 ± 0.04	0.64 ± 0.04	0.66 ± 0.04	0.73 ± 0.05
	Right lung	0.30 ± 0.01	0.30 ± 0.02	0.30 ± 0.03	0.31 ± 0.02
	Left lung	0.22 ± 0.01	0.22 ± 0.01	0.20 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.02
	Right kidney	0.30 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.01
	Left kidney	0.28 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.02	0.30 ± 0.01

C. telephiifolia extract was administered daily for 40 consecutive days to rats (n = 8). Data are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. There were no statistically significant differences in the relative organ weights.