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. 2013 Mar 8;8(1):122. doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-122

Table 5.

Diversification of rat major organ weight

Gender
Dose
Body weight (g)
Liver
Spleen
Kidney
Ovarian/testis
      Wet weight (g) Liver/body (%) Wet weight (g) Spleen/body (%) Wet weight (g) Kidney/body (%) Wet weight (g) Organs/body (%)
Female
Negative control
235.9 ± 17.2
6.74 ± 0.66
2.86 ± 0.22
0.60 ± 0.07
0.26 ± 0.03
1.78 ± 0.14
0.75 ± 0.05
0.24 ± 0.07
0.10 ± 0.03
 
Low
235.8 ± 12.8
6.92 ± 0.53
2.94 ± 0.20
0.59 ± 0.04
0.25 ± 0.02
1.70 ± 0.12
0.72 ± 0.03
0.27 ± 0.05
0.12 ± 0.02
 
Middle
234.9 ± 13.9
6.61 ± 0.53
2.83 ± 0.30
0.59 ± 0.03
0.25 ± 0.01
1.71 ± 0.09
0.73 ± 0.05
0.25 ± 0.05
0.11 ± 0.02
 
High
230.8 ± 20.6
6.67 ± 0.90
2.88 ± 0.22
0.56 ± 0.07
0.24 ± 0.02
1.76 ± 0.12
0.76 ± 0.03
0.26 ± 0.06
0.11 ± 0.02
Male
Negative control
362.5 ± 22.7
12.52 ± 1.94
3.44 ± 0.34
0.91 ± 0.14
0.25 ± 0.04
2.79 ± 0.25
0.77 ± 0.05
3.13 ± 0.13
0.86 ± 0.03
 
Low
352.9 ± 17.8
11.21 ± 1.05
3.18 ± 0.24
0.90 ± 0.08
0.25 ± 0.02
2.65 ± 0.23
0.75 ± 0.07
3.19 ± 0.16
0.90 ± 0.06
 
Middle
354.1 ± 27.0
11.22 ± 1.02
3.18 ± 0.30
0.86 ± 0.10
0.24 ± 0.03
2.61 ± 0.16
0.74 ± 0.05
3.21 ± 0.18
0.91 ± 0.04
  High 362.1 ± 15.3 11.16 ± 0.91 3.08 ± 0.26 0.90 ± 0.72 0.25 ± 0.02 2.66 ± 0.16 0.73 ± 0.04 3.21 ± 0.19 0.89 ± 0.05