Table 5.

Relative rat organ weights after feeding with palm puree for 28 d in a subchronic toxicity study.

Parameters	Dose (mg kg−1)
	0	500	1000	2000
		Male
Heart	0.37 ± 0.17	0.37 ± 0.07	0.39 ± 0.12	0.40 ± 0.24
Kidney (R)	0.37 ± 0.28	0.38 ± 0.33	0.35 ± 0.11	0.38 ± 0.24
Kidney (L)	0.38 ± 0.26	0.38 ± 0.22	0.43 ± 0.12	0.40 ± 0.36
Liver	3.5 ± 0.57	3.88 ± 0.22	4.03 ± 0.34	4.08 ± 0.69
Spleen	0.30 ± 0.40	0.25 ± 0.13	0.25 ± 0.15	0.23 ± 0.49
Lung	0.58 ± 0.36	0.51 ± 0.13	0.69 ± 0.40 *	0.76 ± 0.57 *
		Female
Heart	0.43 ± 0.10	0.38 ± 0.04	0.40 ± 0.13	0.37 ± 0.09
Kidney (R)	0.35 ± 0.06	0.31 ± 0.18	0.35 ± 0.07	0.35 ± 0.06
Kidney (L)	0.36 ± 0.06	0.39 ± 0.17	0.35 ± 0.05	0.36 ± 0.11
Liver	4.63 ± 0.98	4.61 ± 0.62	4.43 ± 0.27	4.35 ± 0.56
Spleen	0.27 ± 0.08	0.29 ± 0.17	0.27 ± 0.15	0.29 ± 0.14
Lung	0.57 ± 0.16	0.77 ± 0.38 *	0.74 ± 0.33 *	0.76 ± 0.32 *

* Significantly different from vehicle control at p < 0.05.