Table 2.

Relative rat organ weights after treatment with palm puree during a 14 d acute toxicology study. Data are means ± SD for groups of five animals/sex/dose. * (p < 0.05) vs. control group.

Parameters	Dose (mg kg−1)
	0	2000
Male
Heart	0.31 ± 0.02	0.35 ± 0.02
Kidney (R)	0.33 ± 0.10	0.37 ± 0.04
Kidney (L)	0.34 ± 0.02	0.32 ± 0.02
Liver	3.81 ± 0.13	3.80 ± 0.08
Spleen	0.22 ± 0.02	0.22 ± 0.02
Lung	0.56 ± 0.03	0.57 ± 0.06
Female
Heart	0.31 ± 0.05	0.32 ± 0.02
Kidney (R)	0.32 ± 0.07	0.33 ± 0.05
Kidney (L)	0.33 ± 0.04	0.32 ± 0.03
Liver	3.61 ± 0.06	3.80 ± 0.02 *
Spleen	0.23 ± 0.07	0.22 ± 0.02
Lung	0.55 ± 0.03	0.54 ± 0.05