Table 12.

Relative organ weights data from the oral administration of realgar for 30 days in male rats (%).

Item	Control	Realgar
		10.6 mg/kg	40.5 mg/kg	170 mg/kg
Heart	0.323 ± 0.033	0.334 ± 0.020	0.311 ± 0.022	0.317 ± 0.020
Liver	2.952 ± 0.247	3.012 ± 0.120	3.082 ± 0.198	2.514 ± 0.860
Spleen	0.250 ± 0.030	0.230 ± 0.167	0.235 ± 0.016	0.269 ± 0.037
Lung	0.415 ± 0.046	0.429 ± 0.043	0.433 ± 0.033	0.435 ± 0.028
Kidney	0.746 ± 0.034	0.686 ± 0.164	0.728 ± 0.035	0.730 ± 0.061
Brain	0.522 ± 0.034	0.560 ± 0.044	0.544 ± 0.026	0.551 ± 0.058
Stomach	0.018 ± 0.003	0.020 ± 0.003	0.020 ± 0.003	0.018 ± 0.004
Adrenal gland	0.376 ± 0.120	0.401 ± 0.092	0.352 ± 0.085	0.389 ± 0.099
Thymus	0.944 ± 0.067	0.778 ± 0.435	0.902 ± 0.144	1.035 ± 0.058
Testis	0.256 ± 0.086	0.211 ± 0.035	0.194 ± 0.017*	0.230 ± 0.048
Epididymis	0.205 ± 0.056	0.182 ± 0.020	0.170 ± 0.074	0.162 ± 0.060

All values are expressed as the means (M) ± standard deviation (SD). ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001. Values are compared with those of the control group. Differences were analysed by a one-way analysis of variance.