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. 2011 Jan 6;26(2):154–160. doi: 10.1007/s12291-010-0064-4

Table 2.

Mean organ weights (g) of rats of control and treated groups as affected by feeding oxidized PC for 2 and 4 weeks

Tissue Groups
2 weeks 4 weeks
Group I (control) Group II (treated) Group III (control) Group IV (treated)
Thymus 0.38 ± 0.03 0.34 ± 0.03 0.46 ± 0.04 0.48 ± 0.03
Spleen 0.94 ± 0.20 0.91 ± 0.15 1.25 ± 0.11 1.33 ± 0.20
Heart 0.69 ± 0.04 0.77 ± 0.03 0.72 ± 0.04 0.79 ± 0.05
Kidney 1.35 ± 0.04 1.57 ± 0.07 1.45 ± 0.04 1.64 ± 0.17
Liver 6.66 ± 0.23 7.68 ± 0.32 7.00 ± 0.60 7.90 ± 0.19
Lung 1.15 ± 0.12 1.19 ± 0.05 1.36 ± 0.27 1.20 ± 0.05

Each value represents the mean ± S.E. of n = 6 rats per group. Data were analyzed by Student’s t-test