Table 4.

Effects of KP extract on relative organ weights in rats treated orally for 90 days.

Parameter		Group (females)				Group (males)
		Control	Low-dose	Medium-dose	High-dose	Control	Low-dose	Medium-dose	High-dose
Liver	(g/100 g)	2.55 ± 0.13	2.57 ± 0.27	2.66 ± 0.09	2.68 ± 0.13	2.88 ± 0.21	3.03 ± 0.33	2.69 ± 0.10	3.03 ± 0.25
Kidneys	(g/100 g)	0.60 ± 0.02	0.57 ± 0.05	0.62 ± 0.04	0.61 ± 0.04	0.58 ± 0.07	0.56 ± 0.07	0.59 ± 0.05	0.61 ± 0.07
Spleen	(g/100 g)	0.20 ± 0.03	0.17 ± 0.01	0.19 ± 0.02	0.17 ± 0.03	0.16 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.04	0.17 ± 0.03
Thymus	(g/100 g)	0.13 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.03	0.12 ± 0.01	0.14 ± 0.03	0.08 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.02*	0.09 ± 0.00	0.09 ± 0.02
Heart	(g/100 g)	0.33 ± 0.05	0.35 ± 0.03	0.32 ± 0.03	0.33 ± 0.02	0.27 ± 0.03	0.32 ± 0.04*	0.27 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.02
Brain	(g/100 g)	0.63 ± 0.05	0.67 ± 0.06	0.60 ± 0.06	0.60 ± 0.08	0.38 ± 0.02	0.38 ± 0.03	0.36 ± 0.03	0.39 ± 0.04
Lungs	(g/100 g)	0.37 ± 0.03	0.36 ± 0.03	0.36 ± 0.02	0.34 ± 0.03	0.27 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.03	0.26 ± 0.02	0.27 ± 0.02
Pituitary	(mg/100 g)	5.4 ± 1.5	6.0 ± 1.2	5.8 ± 1.3	5.0 ± 1.0	2.4 ± 0.5	2.4 ± 0.9	1.8 ± 0.4	2.4 ± 0.5
Thyroid	(mg/100 g)	5.8 ± 1.0	5.9 ± 0.8	5.9 ± 1.3	5.4 ± 0.9	3.7 ± 0.6	4.2 ± 0.4	4.3 ± 0.6	4.6 ± 0.5
Adrenal gland	(mg/100 g)	25.5 ± 6.1	23.3 ± 5.7	23.3 ± 3.1	18.3 ± 2.4*	11.1 ± 2.1	10.9 ± 3.2	11.5 ± 2.9	11.0 ± 2.7
Testes	(g/100 g)	－	－	－	－	0.61 ± 0.08	0.61 ± 0.03	0.54 ± 0.03	0.60 ± 0.06
Prostate	(g/100 g)	－	－	－	－	0.25 ± 0.06	0.21 ± 0.12	0.25 ± 0.05	0.27 ± 0.10
Uterus	(g/100 g)	0.24 ± 0.04	0.24 ± 0.05	0.27 ± 0.10	0.17 ± 0.01*	－	－	－	－
Ovaries	(mg/100 g)	29.7 ± 7.1	24.3 ± 5.3	26.2 ± 6.0	25.1 ± 5.5	－	－	－	－

Results are shown as means ± standard deviation (n = 5).

Low dose: 25 mg/kg bw/day; medium dose: 125 mg/kg bw/day; high dose: 249 mg/kg bw/day.

^*Statistically significant difference relative to the control (p <  0.05).