Table 2.

Relative organ weights male rats treated with SST for 4 weeks

Dose (mg/kg/day)	0	500	1000	2000
Males
Brain	0.54 ± 0.04 a	0.58 ± 0.05	0.54 ± 0.03	0.59 ± 0.01
Pituitary gland	0.003 ± 0.0003	0.003 ± 0.0006	0.003 ± 0.0003	0.002 ± 0.0005
Liver	3.25 ± 0.12	3.15 ± 0.21	3.06 ± 0.15	3.05 ± 0.15
Spleen	0.19 ± 0.01	0.19 ± 0.03	0.20 ± 0.03	0.18 ± 0.03
Heart	0.33 ± 0.02	0.34 ± 0.02	0.34 ± 0.02	0.34 ± 0.02
Thymus	0.14 ± 0.03	0.16 ± 0.05	0.15 ± 0.03	0.11 ± 0.01
Salivary glands	0.17 ± 0.01	0.17 ± 0.02	0.17 ± 0.01	0.19 ± 0.02
Seminal vesicle	0.36 ± 0.08	0.41 ± 0.11	0.33 ± 0.06	0.38 ± 0.04
Prostate	0.13 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.02
Kidneys	0.85 ± 0.06	0.82 ± 0.03	0.83 ± 0.05	0.83 ± 0.05
Adrenal glands	0.017 ± 0.002	0.015 ± 0.002	0.016 ± 0.002	0.017 ± 0.003
Testes	0.89 ± 0.04	0.88 ± 0.13	0.88 ± 0.14	0.87 ± 0.05
Epididymides	0.27 ± 0.03	0.27 ± 0.05	0.27 ± 0.02	0.26 ± 0.02
lung	0.41 ± 0.03	0.40 ± 0.04	0.39 ± 0.02	0.38 ± 0.03
Thyroid/Parathyroid	0.006 ± 0.001	0.005 ± 0.001	0.006 ± 0.001	0.005 ± 0.001
Females
Brain	0.90 ± 0.05	0.85 ± 0.10	0.87 ± 0.03	0.87 ± 0.02
Pituitary gland	0.006 ± 0.0009	0.005 ± 0.0005	0.006 ± 0.0010	0.005 ± 0.0009
Liver	3.25 ± 0.16	3.23 ± 0.13	3.25 ± 0.26	3.36 ± 0.10
Spleen	0.22 ± 0.04	0.21 ± 0.02	0.23 ± 0.03	0.24 ± 0.02
Heart	0.36 ± 0.02	0.35 ± 0.01	0.37 ± 0.02	0.37 ± 0.02
Thymus	0.19 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.03	0.21 ± 0.04	0.21 ± 0.04
Salivary glands	0.19 ± 0.02	0.19 ± 0.01	0.19 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.02
Kidneys	0.85 ± 0.04	0.85 ± 0.02	0.85 ± 0.08	0.94 ± 0.07
Adrenal glands	0.034 ± 0.004	0.029 ± 0.001	0.032 ± 0.005	0.034 ± 0.004
Ovaries	0.042 ± 0.004	0.040 ± 0.005	0.041 ± 0.009	0.040 ± 0.005
Lung	0.53 ± 0.02	0.51 ± 0.03	0.51 ± 0.05	0.50 ± 0.04
Thyroid/parathyroid	0.007 ± 0.002	0.006 ± 0.001	0.007 ± 0.001	0.008 ± 0.001
Uterus/cervix	0.23 ± 0.03	0.26 ± 0.12	0.23 ± 0.07	0.32 ± 0.11

^a Values are presented as mean ± SD.