Table 7.

Relative 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	2.562 ± 0.173	0.655 ± 0.051	0.174 ± 0.011	0.689 ± 0.057	0.402 ± 0.019	0.289 ± 0.018	0.109 ± 0.010	0.016 ± 0.002	0.250 ± 0.026
500	2.475 ± 0.118	0.636 ± 0.039	0.173 ± 0.016	0.673 ± 0.048	0.397 ± 0.023	0.298 ± 0.021	0.098 ± 0.009	0.015 ± 0.002	0.263 ± 0.030
250	2.488 ± 0.149	0.638 ± 0.052	0.171 ± 0.009	0.663 ± 0.045	0.375 ± 0.025	0.296 ± 0.026	0.105 ± 0.010	0.016 ± 0.004	0.247 ± 0.026
Control	2.531 ± 0.133	0.652 ± 0.051	0.169 ± 0.016	0.684 ± 0.058	0.380 ± 0.018	0.299 ± 0.021	0.098 ± 0.010	0.015 ± 0.003	0.264 ± 0.036
Female
1000	2.696 ± 0.164	0.654 ± 0.041	0.193 ± 0.021	0.055 ± 0.009	0.665 ± 0.042	0.355 ± 0.031	0.151 ± 0.018	0.026 ± 0.004	0.208 ± 0.025
500	2.534 ± 0.157	0.640 ± 0.046	0.201 ± 0.021	0.054 ± 0.008	0.661 ± 0.053	0.337 ± 0.033	0.160 ± 0.016	0.024 ± 0.004	0.221 ± 0.030
250	2.688 ± 0.189	0.641 ± 0.040	0.191 ± 0.019	0.054 ± 0.007	0.648 ± 0.054	0.344 ± 0.03	0.156 ± 0.019	0.026 ± 0.004	0.209 ± 0.034
Control	2.694 ± 0.121	0.663 ± 0.056	0.195 ± 0.018	0.053 ± 0.008	0.646 ± 0.051	0.340 ± 0.038	0.154 ± 0.022	0.025 ± 0.003	0.213 ± 0.035

Note: The values represent the mean ± standard deviation of 10 rats. Relative organ weight (%) = (absolute organ weight/fasting body weight) × 100%. The values of the treatment groups did not differ statistically from the control according to one-way ANOVA at p < 0.05.