Table 2.

Body and organ weights of rats 1 to 10 days (D 1 – D 10) after a single ip injection of 5 μmol/kg PCB126 (Mean ± SD).

	Final body weight (g)	Liver weight (g)	Liver/body weight × 100	Thymus weight (g)	Thymus/body weight × 1000
No treatment	207.8 ± 4.0	9.88 ± 0.74	4.75 ± 0.28	0.66 ± 0.04	3.15 ± 0.18
Corn Oil	199.8 ± 8.7	9.75 ± 0.59	5.31 ± 0.31	0.61 ± 0.09	2.80 ± 0.48
D 1	198.2 ± 14.0	10.52 ± 0.35	5.89 ± 0.22	0.63 ± 0.09	2.13 ± 0.35
D 3	197.3 ± 9.7	12.01 ± 0.78*	6.42 ± 0.22**	0.51 ± 0.07*	1.61 ± 0.25
D 7	171.0 ± 12.4**	12.19 ± 1.28*	6.77 ± 0.46**	0.17 ± 0.02**	1.08 ± 0.054**
D 10	153.5 ± 15.8**	10.45 ± 1.85	6.25 ± 0.53**	0.17 ± 0.07**	1.45 ± 0.34**

Statistical significance:

^*p< 0.05

^**p<0.01