Table 14.

Summary of relative organ weights (organ:body) for the 90-day study on curcumin.

Group / Dose   (mg/kg b.w./day)		Fasted B. wt. (g)	Relative Organ Weights (%)
n=20			Adrenal glands	Heart	Brain	Lungs	Liver	Kidneys	Spleen	Thymus	Testes/Ovaries	Epididymides/Uterus
	Males
Vehicle	Mean	380.079	0.015	0.272	0.557	0.506	2.783	0.604	0.176	0.100	0.969	0.383
0	SD	36.908	0.002	0.025	0.048	0.096	0.201	0.039	0.027	0.029	0.107	0.031
250	Mean	365.490	0.016	0.283	0.599	0.529	2.843	0.640∗+	0.167	0.104	1.039	0.412
	SD	34.259	0.002	0.028	0.048	0.114	0.205	0.055	0.020	0.024	0.089	0.038
500	Mean	394.160	0.016	0.280	0.566	0.571	2.913	0.661∗+	0.184	0.097	0.993	0.393
	SD	28.692	0.002	0.023	0.048	0.161	0.222	0.135	0.033	0.020	0.139	0.033
1000	Mean	380.596	0.015	0.276	0.560	0.471	2.946∗+	0.631	0.175	0.103	0.982	0.399
	SD	25.771	0.003	0.022	0.038	0.106	0.267	0.043	0.024	0.022	0.092	0.029
Reference	Mean	364.692	0.016	0.277	0.583	0.549	3.003∗∗+	0.643∗+	0.167	0.101	1.035	0.413
Item   1000	SD	34.131	0.003	0.022	0.063	0.160	0.305	0.051	0.036	0.022	0.091	0.039
	Females
0	Mean	222.861	0.032	0.337	0.922	0.656	2.988	0.810	0.200	0.148	0.077	0.315
	SD	16.701	0.003	0.021	0.072	0.147	0.215	0.527	0.025	0.022	0.013	0.089
250	Mean	216.313	0.033	0.311	0.932	0.777∗+	3.029	0.697	0.231∗∗+	0.158	0.076	0.275
	SD	14.168	0.004	0.098	0.069	0.218	0.286	0.041	0.039	0.022	0.009	0.050
500	Mean	213.676	0.033	0.341	0.956	0.699	2.931	0.701	0.214	0.158	0.081	0.294
	SD	15.403	0.006	0.028	0.067	0.147	0.226	0.046	0.027	0.032	0.012	0.055
1000	Mean	228.603	0.034	0.342	0.920	0.762	3.100	0.705	0.208	0.151	0.079	0.281
	SD	21.479	0.004	0.024	0.071	0.221	0.201	0.047	0.021	0.028	0.013	0.077
Reference	Mean	221.654	0.035	0.345	0.936	0.687	3.167	0.695	0.217	0.161	0.080	0.323
Item   1000	SD	19.352	0.006	0.023	0.075	0.129	0.295	0.043	0.031	0.028	0.016	0.106

n= number of animals,  ^∗+/∗-= statistically significant increase/decrease as compared to control-G1 (p<0.05), and  ^{∗∗+/∗∗-}= statistically significant increase/decrease as compared to control-G1 (p<0.01).