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. 2018 Aug 21;9:1943. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01943

Table 3.

Relative organ weights (%) of male and female rats after oral administration of Enterococcus durans KLDS6.0930 for 28 days.

Group Males Females
Control Treatment Control Treatment
Heart 0.335 ± 0.038 0.3401 ± 0.041 0.307 ± 0.033 0.312 ± 0.029
Liver 2.898 ± 0.361 2.912 ± 0.357 3.067 ± 0.277 3.056 ± 0.581
Spleen 0.164 ± 0.047 0.173 ± 0.033 0.204 ± 0.052 0.195 ± 0.043
Lung 0.796 ± 0.143 0.824 ± 0.156 0.636 ± 0.092 0.686 ± 0.175
Kidney 0.368 ± 0.032 0.375 ± 0.036 0.313 ± 0.026 0.309 ± 0.028
Brain 0.562 ± 0.037 0.608 ± 0.049 0.720 ± 0.065 0.737 ± 0.071
Adrenal 0.021 ± 0.004 0.022 ± 0.002 0.028 ± 0.002 0.033 ± 0.005
Thymus 0.027 ± 0.007 0.030 ± 0.009 0.023 ± 0.007 0.026 ± 0.005
Testes 0.476 ± 0.052 0.487 ± 0.046
Epididymides 0.322 ± 0.017 0.331 ± 0.042
Uterus 0.242 ± 0.053 0.249 ± 0.046
Ovaries 0.062 ± 0.007 0.057 ± 0.005

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation (n = 6).

Control, sterile normal saline; Treatment, 1 × 109 CFU of E. durans KLDS6.0930 /kg BW.