Table 3.

Changes in the organ weight of rats Wistar after acute oral treatment with Dioscorea villosa at a daily dose of 5 g/Kg (single dose)

Groups
Organs	FC	FT	MC	MT
Heart	0.4729 ± 0.015	0.4543 ± 0.011	0.4114 ± 0.010	0.3929 ± 0.015
Lungs	0.7343 ± 0.024	0.6700 ± 0.027	0.5529 ± 0.023	0.4786 ± 0.025
Liver	3.309 ± 0.1047	3.506 ± 0.1595	2.947 ± 0.080	2.960 ± 0.1238
Brain	0.7671 ± 0.022	0.8757 ± 0.022**	0.4914 ± 0.027	0.5414 ± 0.031
Kidneys	0.8071 ± 0.021	0.8271 ± 0.030	0.8329 ± 0.043	0.7671 ± 0.030
Stomach	0.8671 ± 0.032	0.7771 ± 0.015*	0.6571 ± 0.024	0.5686 ± 0.030*
Uterus/ovaries	0.4629 ± 0.089	0.7486 ± 0.097	-	-
Pancreas	0.4843 ± 0.092	0.5614 ± 0.060	0.3371 ± 0.097	0.3786 ± 0.043

FC control female, FT treated female, MC control male, MT treated male. Data are expressed as mean ± S.D., n = 6; * Significant difference from control group ( ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01 and ^***p < 0.001) (test t).