Table 3.

Effects on organ to body weight indices in mice of extract (at limit dose 2000 mg/kg b.w. p.o.) treated and vehicle treated groups.

Organs	Vehicle control group	Acute Toxicity Group
	(CMC 1%gel)	(SMRE 2000 mg/kg)
Heart	0.714 ± 0.029	0.630 ± 0.029
Kidney	1.484 ± 0.020	1.572 ± 0.022
Liver	6.560 ± 0.257	7.10 0.201

Values are presented as mean ± SEM, N = 5; CMC 1%gel = 1% Carboxymethyl cellulose gel, SMRE = S. munja roots extract; organ-to-body weight index = (organ weight × 100)/body weight.