Table 4.

Relative organ weights (ROW) of rats orally exposed to DEHP, DBP, BPA, and their mixture (MIX) for 28 days.

Group	Parameter	Liver	Lungs	Heart	Kidneys	Testes	Spleen	Thymus	Brain	Thyroid Gland
Oil Control	ROW	3.448 ± 0.3311	0.3917 ± 0.04355	0.2833 ± 0.03266	0.6067 ± 0.03615	0.8117 ± 0.1137	0.2000 ± 0.02098	0.1967 ± 0.03011	0.4950 ± 0.05822	0.02600 ± 0.003847
DEHP	ROW	4.266 ± 0.2100 ***	0.3560 ± 0.0251	0.3160 ± 0.02302 *	0.6500 ± 0.05701	0.7880 ± 0.1011	0.1800 ± 0.02915	0.2260 ± 0.04615‡	0.4940 ± 0.03578	0.02400 ± 0.002236
	% to control	24	−9	12	7	−3	−10	15	0	−8
DBP	ROW	3.560 ± 0.2754 ‡‡	0.3440 ± 0.05413	0.3160 ± 0.02302	0.600 ± 0.01414 ‡‡	0.7860 ± 0.08264	0.1920 ± 0.03564 ‡	0.1720 ± 0.01483	0.4580 ± 0.01643 ‡	0.02250 ± 0.001915
	% to control	3	−12	12	−1	−3	−4	−13	−7	−13
BPA	ROW	3.390 ± 0.1920 ‡‡‡	0.3480 ± 0.04147	0.2720 ± 0.02588	0.6040 ± 0.03782‡	0.8120 ± 0.07120	0.1860 ± 0.03362	0.1680 ± 0.02387	0.4660 ± 0.03050	0.02260 ± 0.001517 *
	% to control	−2	−11	−4	0	0	−7	−15	−6	−17
MIX	ROW	4.032 ± 0.2513 **	0.4167 ± 0.03327	0.3017 ± 0.01602	0.6783 ± 0.05981 *	0.8467 ± 0.08937	0.1550 ± 0.01517 **	0.1767 ± 0.03445	0.5183 ± 0.03656	0.02467 ± 0.001862
	% to control	17	6	6	12	4	−23	−10	5	−5

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 (compared to the control), ^‡ p < 0.05, ^‡‡ p < 0.01, ^‡‡‡ p < 0.001 (compared to the MIX group). One-way ANOVA with LSD post-hoc test/Kruskal–Wallis test with Dunn’s post-hoc test values are presented as the means ± SD (n = 6). ROW: Relative organ weight, DEHP: Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (50 mg/kg b.w.), DBP: Dibutyl phthalate (50 mg/kg b.w.), BPA: Bisphenol A (25 mg/kg b.w.), MIX: Mixture (50 mg/kg b.w. DEHP + 50 mg/kg b.w DBP + 25 mg/kg b.w BPA).