Table 6.

Absolute organ weights of rats treated with sericin extract for 90 days.

Dose (mg/kg)	Liver	Kidneys	Spleen	Testes/ovaries	Brain	Heart	Thymus	Adrenal	Epididymis/uterus
Male
1000	13.83 ± 1.08	3.532 ± 0.229	0.939 ± 0.050	3.715 ± 0.309	2.168 ± 0.066	1.561 ± 0.104	0.590 ± 0.078	0.085 ± 0.016	1.348 ± 0.112
500	13.54 ± 0.99	3.479 ± 0.266	0.946 ± 0.074	3.673 ± 0.253	2.164 ± 0.078	1.627 ± 0.124	0.540 ± 0.067	0.083 ± 0.013	1.431 ± 0.120
250	14.05 ± 1.98	3.599 ± 0.504	0.961 ± 0.098	3.728 ± 0.401	2.099 ± 0.075	1.663 ± 0.200	0.591 ± 0.074	0.090 ± 0.026	1.389 ± 0.185
Control	13.92 ± 1.36	3.573 ± 0.243	0.925 ± 0.094	3.742 ± 0.155	2.085 ± 0.098	1.639 ± 0.129	0.541 ± 0.068	0.084 ± 0.016	1.446 ± 0.175
Female
1000	7.74 ± 0.89	1.873 ± 0.135	0.555 ± 0.075	0.158 ± 0.023	1.899 ± 0.046	1.015 ± 0.084	0.433 ± 0.051	0.075 ± 0.015	0.594 ± 0.064
500	7.56 ± 0.45	1.909 ± 0.121	0.597 ± 0.052	0.159 ± 0.015	1.967 ± 0.079	1.005 ± 0.101	0.477 ± 0.057	0.072 ± 0.010	0.657 ± 0.077
250	7.93 ± 1.16	1.883 ± 0.173	0.559 ± 0.046	0.159 ± 0.029	1.896 ± 0.094	1.006 ± 0.064	0.458 ± 0.053	0.076 ± 0.013	0.609 ± 0.065
Control	7.96 ± 1.08	1.965 ± 0.350	0.571 ± 0.055	0.155 ± 0.018	1.890 ± 0.070	0.999 ± 0.148	0.455 ± 0.085	0.073 ± 0.012	0.624 ± 0.091

Note: The values represent the mean ± standard deviation of 10 rats. The values of the treatment groups did not differ statistically from the control according to one-way ANOVA at p < 0.05.