Table 9.

Summary of organ weights.

Group (mg/kg bw/d)		Organ weight (g)
		Body weight	Brain	Liver	Kidneys	Heart	Thymus	Spleen	Testes or uterus	Epididymides or ovaries	Adrenals	Thyroids
Males
Control (n = 10)	Mean	422.0	2.16	10.00	2.28	1.14	0.44	0.71	3.49	1.62	0.077	0.028
	SD	17.52	0.16	0.96	0.20	0.09	0.12	0.10	0.34	0.09	0.01	0.01
180 (n = 10)	Mean	421.8	2.19	10.77	2.38	1.14	0.40	0.77	3.51	1.65	0.074	0.023
	SD	25.26	0.12	0.99	0.26	0.19	0.08	0.08	0.34	0.20	0.02	0.01
	±%	0.0	1	8	5	0	−8	9	1	2	−4	−19
	SS											∗
300 (n = 10)	Mean	393.1	2.11	9.83	2.33	1.20	0.32	0.80	2.70	1.36	0.085	0.021
	SD	28.39	0.10	0.77	0.26	0.14	0.06	0.11	0.74	0.15	0.01	0.01
	±%	−7	−2	−2	3	5	−26	13	−23	−16	10	−26
	SS	∗					∗∗		∗∗	∗∗		∗∗
375 (n = 9)	Mean	377.0	2.06	9.51	2.22	1.24	0.30	0.71	1.42	1.14	0.093	0.023
	SD	26.43	0.14	0.99	0.25	0.22	0.05	0.10	0.68	0.12	0.01	0.00
	±%	−11	−4	−5	−3	9	−31	1	−59	−30	20	−16
	SS	∗∗					∗∗		∗∗	∗∗	∗
Females
Control (n = 10)	Mean	241.9	1.94	6.63	1.61	0.83	0.41	0.55	0.66	0.165	0.088	0.021
	SD	15.55	0.07	0.70	0.21	0.07	0.06	0.11	0.09	0.036	0.012	0.003
180 (n = 10)	Mean	242.5	2.01	7.41	1.59	0.77	0.38	0.63	0.88	0.154	0.085	0.022
	SD	14.74	0.11	0.62	0.14	0.05	0.05	0.10	0.28	0.027	0.018	0.006
	±%	0	4	12	−1	−7	−8	15	32	−7	−4	9
	SS					∗			∗
300 (n = 8)	Mean	250.4	1.98	7.07	1.56	0.92	0.33	0.61	0.58	0.148	0.092	0.022
	SD	15.97	0.08	0.56	0.09	0.09	0.05	0.06	0.18	0.034	0.016	0.004
	±%	4	2	7	−3	11	−20	11	−12	−10	4	6
	SS					∗	∗∗
375 (n = 10)	Mean	247.3	1.96	7.16	1.55	0.95	0.31	0.61	0.57	0.151	0.095	0.022
	SD	21.06	0.06	0.84	0.14	0.14	0.07	0.11	0.19	0.031	0.016	0.005
	±%	2.2	0.7	8.0	−3.5	14.7	−25.0	11.1	−13.2	−8.3	6.9	8.3
	SS

±%, percent deviation versus control, mg/kg bw/d, milligrams per kilogram body weight per day; SD, standard deviation; g, grams; SS, statistical significance; n, number of animals.

^∗ p < 0.05; ^∗∗ p < 0.01.