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. 2014 May 1;17(5):527–534. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2013.0109

Table 4.

Final Body and Sex Organ Weight of Male Mice Sacrificed After the Completion of treatment with Benzo[α]pyrene (i.p.)+Spirulina (I.G.)

Dose (mg/kg) Terminal body weight (g) Testis (g) Epididymis (mg) Seminal vesicles (mg)
Control oil 35.8±3.7 0.598±0.06 58.1±2.8 0.20±0.02
Control water 36.6±4.0 0.601±0.07 58.7±4.0 0.18±0.03
B[α]P 35.6±3.8 0.507±0.08* 48.8±3.0* 0.12±0.01*
SP800 36.0±4.2 0.611±0.05 57.8±4.1 0.15±0.04
B[α]P+SP200 36.2±4.5 0.550±0.04 50.5±3.6 0.22±0.04††
B[α]P+SP400 34.9±3.9 0.604±0.05 60.4±4.4 0.19±0.03
B[α]P+SP800 37.0±3.6 0.614±0.07 58.7±3.9 0.19±0.03

Values are mean±standard error.

Those marked with asterisks differ significantly from the control oil value: *P<.05. Those marked with daggers differ significantly from the B[α]P value: P<.05; ††P<.01.