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. 2012 Apr 10;17(4):4326–4342. doi: 10.3390/molecules17044326

Table 4.

The relative organ weight per 100 g body weight recorded at the end of the study from male and female rats treated with C. papaya extract measured during the 28 days sub-acute toxicity study.

Sex Organ Study Groups
Control 0.01 g/kg BW 0.14 g/kg BW 2 g/kg BW
Male Lung 0.52 ± 0.14 0.48 ± 0.11 0.44 ± 0.05 0.49 ± 0.02
Heart 0.34 ± 0.03 0.33 ± 0.03 0.34 ± 0.00 0.32 ± 0.02
Liver 4.07 ± 0.36 3.56 ± 0.36 3.97 ± 0.28 3.78 ± 0.22
Stomach 0.53 ± 0.06 0.51 ± 0.05 0.53 ± 0.05 0.53 ± 0.02
Spleen 0.21 ± 0.05 0.12 ± 0.02 0.19 ± 0.03 0.22 ± 0.03
GIT 0.56 ± 0.16 0.44 ± 0.06 0.45 ± 0.18 0.55 ± 0.09
Kidney Left 0.38 ± 0.04 0.38 ± 0.05 0.39 ± 0.03 0.40 ± 0.05
Kidney Right 0.38 ± 0.03 0.38 ± 0.04 0.40 ± 0.03 0.41 ± 0.04
Testis Left 0.39 ± 0.16 0.49 ± 0.07 0.50 ± 0.04 0.52 ± 0.06
Testis Right 0.42 ± 0.18 0.50 ± 0.07 0.50 ± 0.04 0.53 ± 0.04
Adrenal Left 0.01 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.01
Adrenal Right 0.01 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.00
Female Lung 0.50 ± 0.04 0.49 ± 0.05 0.49 ± 0.05 0.46 ± 0.07
Heart 0.37 ± 0.04 0.34 ± 0.01 0.35 ± 0.03 0.33 ± 0.03
Liver 4.02 ± 0.21 3.87 ± 0.18 4.04 ± 0.24 3.85 ± 0.27
Stomach 0.64 ± 0.09 0.54 ± 0.04 0.58 ± 0.10 0.56 ± 0.06
Spleen 0.23 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.02 0.20 ± 0.02 0.22 ± 0.03
GIT 0.67 ± 0.12 0.60 ± 0.13 0.61 ± 0.07 0.61 ± 0.09
Kidney Left 0.37 ± 0.02 0.40 ± 0.01 0.39 ± 0.04 0.39 ± 0.03
Kidney Right 0.39 ± 0.02 0.40 ± 0.03 0.39 ± 0.04 0.39 ± 0.03
Ovary Left 0.02 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.02
Ovary Right 0.02 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01
Adrenal Left 0.01 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.01
Adrenal Right 0.01 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.00
Urinary bladder 0.04 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. * p value less than 0.05, (p < 0.05) significant value.