Table 1.

Effect of Tinospora cordifolia extract on body weight and organ weight of Cd-treated rats

Treatment group	Body weight (g)	Organ weight (g)
Group I	240.83 ± 9.34	1.59 ± 0.03
Group II	217.50 ± 4.95*	1.41 ± 0.03*
Group III	249.16 ± 8.40†	1.65 ± 0.01†
Group IV	242.50 ± 9.50‡	1.57 ± 0.07‡

Data are presented as mean ± standard error (n = 6).

^*p < 0.001, compared to control.

^†Not significant as compared to control.

^‡p < 0.001, compared to Cd-treated group.

Cd, cadmium; Group I, Control; Group II, treated with Cd chloride [5 mg/kg body weight (BW)]; Group III, treated with Tinospora cordifolia-stem methanolic extract (TCE; 100 mg/kg BW); Group IV; treated with Cd chloride (5 mg/kg BW) and TCE (100 mg/kg BW); Cd + TCE.