Table 5.

(A and B) Food consumption (g) of rats in acute and sub-acute oral toxicity tests

A		Acute oral toxicity
	Sex	Control	DC 300 mg/kg	DC 2000 mg/kg		P value
Week 1	F (n = 3)	64.68 ± 2.80	63.43 ± 2.87	59.14 ± 14.67		0.089
Week 2	F (n = 3)	66.16 ± 2.89	67.05 ± 5.14	63.74 ± 2.15		0.236
B		Sub-acute oral toxicity
	Sex	Control	DC 500 mg/kg	DC 1000 mg/kg	DC 1500 mg/kg	P value
Week 1	M (n = 5)	81.75 ± 1.21	81.15 ± 2.17	80.99 ± 2.55	79.26 ± 2.42	0.189
	F (n = 5)	74.87 ± 2.59	72.99 ± 1.63	72.47 ± 2.28	71.55 ± 2.80	0.089
Week 2	M (n = 5)	84.52 ± 1.13	83.93 ± 0.93	83.80 ± 1.77	82.59 ± 1.11	0.061
	F (n = 5)	78.69 ± 3.26	77.56 ± 3.21	75.99 ± 3.58	74.66 ± 4.64	0.220
Week 3	M (n = 5)	88.05 ± 2.54	87.92 ± 2.07	86.10 ± 1.94	85.19 ± 2.58	0.075
	F (n = 5)	86.55 ± 3.64	86.15 ± 3.11	85.17 ± 3.75	83.21 ± 3.68	0.320
Week 4	M (n = 5)	91.84 ± 1.60	91.08 ± 0.79	90.30 ± 1.26	90.23 ± 1.11	0.069
	F (n = 5)	88.69 ± 3.66	87.35 ± 3.26	87.75 ± 3.32	87.04 ± 2.77	0.798

Values expressed as a mean ± standard deviation. Sex (male, M and female, F)

*p-value less than 0.05, (p < 0.05) significant value