Table 2.
Body, liver and kidney weights of rats treated with P. oleracea ethanolic extract.
| Control | PEE (2 g/kg bw) | Cadmium (3.5 mg/kg bw) | PEE (2 g/kgbw) + Cadmium (3.5 mg/kg bw) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body weight (g) | Initial | 143.6 ± 1.6 | 143.3 ± 2.2 | 144.5 ± 3.5 | 145.6 ± 1.6 |
| Final | 212.4 ± 2.3 | 219 ± 5.5 | 182.6 ± 4.5* | 196.3 ± 1.5 | |
| Weight gain (g) | 68.80 ± 3.4 | 75.7 ± 7.7 | 38.1 ± 7.9* | 50.7 ± 2.1* | |
| Liver weight (g) | 2.94 ± 0.15 | 2.81 ± 0.16 | 3.54 ± 0.12* | 2.81 ± 0.11 | |
| liver weight/ body weight X 100 | 1.38 ± 0.06 | 1.28 ± 0.09 | 1.94 ± 0.05* | 1.43 ± 0.06 | |
| kidney weight (g) | 1.70 ± 0.03 | 1.70 ± 0.03 | 1.90 ± 0.17* | 1.81 ± 0.14 | |
| Kidney weight/ body weight X 100 | 0.80 ± 0.03 | 0.80 ± 0.03 | 1.08 ± 0.8* | 0.90 ± 0.07 |
Each measurement was done at least in triplicate and the values are the means ± SD for eight rats in each group.
PEE = purslane ethanolic extract.
*
P < 0.05 significantly different from the normal control group.