Table 1.

Effect of aqueous extract of Caralluma dalzielii on relative organ weight in female and male Wistar rats treated for 28 consecutive days.

Animal	Organ	Relative organ weight (%)
		150 mg/kg	300 mg/kg	600 mg/kg	Control
	Heart	0.48 ± 0.04	0.44 ± 0.04	0.43 ± 0.03	0.45 ± 0.04
	Spleen	0.32 ± 0.04	0.28 ± 0.09	0.28 ± 0.04	0.32 ± 0.04
	Lungs	0.67 ± 0.09	0.69 ± 0.14	0.78 ± 0.12	0.73 ± 0.14
Female	Liver	3.90 ± 0.57	2.93 ± 0.7*	2.88 ± 0.23*	3.30 ± 0.30
	Kidney	0.31 ± 0.03	0.30 ± 0.04	0.33 ± 0.03	0.29 ± 0.05
	Ovary	18.02 ± 6.8*	15.70 ± 3.0*	16.37 ± 2.5*	9.83 ± 2.5
	Testes	-	-	-	-
	Heart	0.34 ± 0.04	0.29 ± 0.05	0.37 ± 0.02*	0.23 ± 0.04
	Spleen	0.39 ± 0.07*	0.35 ± 0.05*	0.31 ± 0.04	0.21 ± 0.03
	Lungs	0.79 ± 0.1	0.67 ± 0.06	1.27 ± 0.15**	0.56 ± 0.10
Male	Liver	2.64 ± 0.22	2.70 ± 0.39	3.24 ± 0.46	2.58 ± 0.18
	Kidney	0.61 ± 0.04	0.48 ± 0.05	0.67 ± 0.07	0.50 ± 0.06
	Ovary	-	-	-	-
	Testes	1.85 ± 0.15	1.58 ± 0.30	2.03 ± 0.12	1.79 ± 0.17

Values are presented as Mean ± S.E.M, n = 6; Significant in relation to control at *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01; One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett's post hoc test.