Table 4.
Effect of Nuna kadugu on body weight gain in experimental rats - repeated oral toxicity study
| Treatment | Sex | |
|
(g) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1stWeek | 2stWeek | 3stWeek | 4stWeek | 5thWeek | 6thWeek | |||
|
Control (0.5% CMC) |
M(n=5) |
156.20±6.78 |
171.60±12.41 |
183.80±15.09 |
187.60±14.26 |
|
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| F (n=5) |
155.4±10.3 |
157±7.75 |
166.6±4.80 |
169.6±4.54 |
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| MF(n=10) |
155.8±5.82 |
164.3±7.32 |
175.2±8.00 |
178.6±7.67 |
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|
NK |
(300 mg/kg p.o/day) |
M(n=5) |
159.2±6.64 |
178.6±10.67 |
189.4±14.7 |
193.6±13.92 |
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| F (n=5) |
143.0±2.16 |
148.4±3.64 |
157.4±3.45 |
160.0±3.49 |
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| MF(n=10) |
151.10±4.26 |
163.50±7.32 |
173.40±8.90 |
176.80±8.78 |
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|
(600 mg/kg p.o/day) |
M(n=5) |
144.0±10.46 |
163.2±9.52 |
166.6±10.29 |
177.00±14.90 |
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| F (n=5) |
142.40±10.27 |
159.40±11.85 |
163.00±10.13 |
177.80±11.06 |
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| MF(n=10) |
143.20±6.89 |
161.30±7.19 |
164.80±6.83 |
177.40±8.74 |
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|
(900 mg/kg p.o/day) |
M(n=5) |
149.00±8.91 |
168.60±10.34 |
190.00±12.12 |
195.20±12.24 |
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| F (n=5) |
139.60±5.23 |
146.80±4.67 |
157.20±6.86 |
161.60±6.99 |
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| MF(n=10) |
144.3±5.11 |
157.7±6.46 |
173.6±8.54 |
178.40±8.68 |
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|
Satellite group | ||||||||
|
Control (0.5% CMC) |
M(n=5) |
141.00±12.54 |
164.80±16.47 |
169.80±17.46 |
174.60±17.57 |
178.40±20.52 |
185.00±18.43 |
|
| F (n=5) |
139.80±3.63 |
147.80±4.91 |
147.80±4.30 |
148.60±4.17 |
155.80±2.70 |
160.40±2.78 |
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| MF(n=10) |
140.4±6.15 |
156.3±8.66 |
158.8±9.23 |
161.6±9.55 |
167.1±10.46 |
172.7±9.69 |
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| NK (900 mg/kg p.o/day) | M(n=5) |
152.6±11.56 |
170.2±12.50 |
181.2±8.25 |
179.6±13.95 |
182.2±12.85 |
188.2±9.68 |
|
| F (n=5) |
149.60±8.46 |
164.80±8.35 |
173.00±11.18 |
176.00±10.78 |
179.00±9.55 |
178.60±12.75 |
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| MF(n=10) | 151.1±6.77 | 167.5±7.14 | 177.1±6.69 | 177.8±8.33 | 180.6±7.56 | 183.4±7.77 | ||
Values expressed as mean ± SEM; g – gram; Significance with Tukey’s test following one way ANOVA is evaluated as *p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 vs control group.