Table 3.

Body and organ weights of rats in subacute toxicity study in control and groups treated with different doses of L. elliptica essential oil

Parameter	Control	Treatment of Litsea elliptica essential oil
		125 mg/kg	250 mg/kg	500 mg/kg
Body weight (g)
Day 0	200.00±2.89	197.00±2.13	198.00±1.87	197.00±2.00
Day 7	209.00±4.33	208.00±2.50	207.00±2.90	201.50±3.42
Day 14	212.50±4.30	212.00±2.71	211.50±3.66	204.50±2.93
Day 21	214.50±4.68	213.00±3.67	213.00±3.51	210.50±4.68
Day 28	217.50±4.90	217.00±3.35	214.00±4.58	212.50±3.75
Absolute weight (g)
Liver	5.53±0.86	5.98±0.93	5.69±0.80	6.09±0.38
Renal	1.29±0.15	1.37±0.13	1.34±0.21	1.35±0.12
Spleen	0.38±0.07	0.44±0.07	0.45±0.07	0.45±0.10
Heart	0.75±0.09	0.72±0.07	0.75±0.08	0.71±0.11
Pancreas	1.16±0.32	1.01±0.23	1.02±0.17	1.02±0.34
Relative weight (%)
Liver	2.54±0.34	2.76±0.38	2.65±0.29	2.87±0.18
Renal	0.60±0.06	0.63±0.06	0.63±0.07	0.64±0.04
Spleen	0.18±0.03	0.21±0.04	0.21±0.03	0.21±0.03
Heart	0.35±0.05	0.34±0.02	0.35±0.04	0.33±0.04
Pancreas	0.54±0.13	0.47±0.10	0.48±0.07	0.48±0.15

Data are expressed as mean±SEM, n=10 for each group. No statistical difference was found between the control and L. elliptica essential oil treated groups (P>0.05)