Table 1. Variations in the Different Organ Weights (g) in Different Treatmentsa.
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acute toxicity | male |
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teratogenicity |
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organs | control | 2000 mg/kg | control | 5 mg/kg | 10 mg/kg | 20 mg/kg | 40 mg/kg | control | 5 mg/kg | 10 mg/kg | 20 mg/kg | 40 mg/kg | control | 40 mg/kg |
brain | 1.5 ± 0.2 | 1.56 ± 0.2 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 1.3 ± 0.1 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | 1.3 ± 0.6 | 1.2 ± 0.6 | 1.5 ± 0.4 | 1.6 ± 0.6 | 1.5 ± 0.2 | 1.5 ± 0.3 | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | 1.5 ± 0.12 |
heart | 0.3 ± 0.1 | 0.44 ± 0.1 | 0.5 ± 0.2 | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 0.5 ± 0.3 | 0.5 ± 0.8 | 0.6 ± 0.5 | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 0.5 ± 0.3 | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 0.65 ± 0.3 | 0.62 ± 0.3 | 0.6 ± 0.32 |
spleen | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.3 ± 0.8 | 0.3 ± 0.4 | 0.5 ± 0.3 | 0.4 ± 0.4 | 0.3 ± 03 | 0.4 ± 0.3 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.5 ± 0.3 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.3 | 0.3 ± 0.5 | 0.54 ± 0.1 | 0.53 ± 0.40 |
kidney | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.5 ± 0.1 | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 1.2 ± 0.2 | 1.5 ± 0.8 | 1.4 ± 0.5 | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.5 | 1.4 ± 0.2 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.1 ± 0.5 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 1.23 ± 0.13 |
lungs | 0.7 ± 0.3 | 0.92 ± 0.3 | 0.8 ± 0.5 | 0.8 ± 1.3 | 0.8 ± 0.6 | 0.7 ± 0.7 | 0.8 ± 0.6 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.7 ± 0.1 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.3 | 0.8 ± 0.8 | 0.75 ± 0.2 | 0.76 ± 0.52 |
liver | 6.9 ± 0.4 | 6.4 ± 0.5 | 5.8 ± 0.5 | 6.9 ± 0.1 | 6.3 ± 1.2 | 6.4 ± 0.3 | 6.6 ± 0.2 | 6.1 ± 0.4 | 6.6 ± 0.3 | 6.2 ± 0.3 | 6.9 ± 0.6 | 6.7 ± 0.5 | 6.24 ± 1.2 | 6.7 ± 1.3 |
stomach | 0.9 ± 0.8 | 1.1 ± 1.2 | 1.1 ± 0.5 | 1.2 ± 0.0 | 1.6 ± 0.9 | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 1.9 ± 0.3 | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 1.2 ± 0.5 | 1.1 ± 0.5 | 1.5 ± 0.7 | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 1.2 ± 0.2 | 0.90 ± 0.62 |
ovaries | 0.2 ± 1.5 | 0.1 ± 0.9 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 1.2 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.2 ± 0.9 | 0.32 ± 0.4 | 0.23 ± 0.3 | |||||
testis | 2.2 ± 1.2 | 2.6 ± 1.4 | 2.6 ± 0.4 | 2.2 ± 0.3 | 2.2 ± 0.5 | 2.1 ± 0.7 | 2.1 ± 0.1 |
Data are presented as mean ± SEM; n = 5 for acute oral toxicity and n = 10 for teratogenicity and subacute toxicity studies.