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 | |||
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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.