Table 1.

Effect of methanolic extract of Rumex vesicarius L. on body weight and organ weight compared to silymarin in liver damaged rats

Groups	Dosing	Body weight		Relative organ weight
		Before	After	Liver	Kidney
					Right side	Left side
Group I	1%Tween 80 5 ml/kg bw.p.o	112 ± 6.23	116 ± 8.164	4.656 ± 0.322	0.442 ± 0.015	0.449 ± 0.023
Group II	CCl4 1.5 ml/kg bw.i.p	119 ± 8.34	120 ± 10.80	4.163 ± 0.22	0.425 ± 0.013	0.405 ± 0.01
Group III	Silymarin 50 mg/kgbw.p.o	113 ± 10.12	116 ± 10.80	4.582 ± 0.873	0.45 ± 0.038	0.452 ± 0.029
Group IV	100 mg/kg bw.p.o	104 ± 8.65	105 ± 8.164	4.22 ± 0.728	0.475 ± 0.040	0.413 ± 0.028
Group V	200 mg/kgbw.p.o	108 ± 10.21	111 ± 10.80	4.501 ± 0.124	0.450 ± 0.016	0.447 ± 0.009

Each value represents the mean of 6 rats ± S.E. significant at P > 0.05, as compared with the corresponding control group.