Table 1.

Effect of APLE on organ weight/bodyweight ratios and bodyweight change.

	Organ weight/body weight ratio				Body weight (g)
	Spleen	Liver	Kidney	Pancreas	Initial	Final	% change in body weight
Control	0.005 ± 3.7 × 10−5	0.043 ± 3.0 × 10−4	0.005 ± 3.2 × 10−4	0.004 ± 2.6 × 10−5	153.6 ± 14.5	154.5 ± 17.4	0.58
Model	0.005 ± 1.6 × 10−4	0.032 ± 1.0 × 10−3	0.004 ± 1.3 × 10−4	0.005 ± 1.6 × 10−4	167.4 ± 23.8	156.4 ± 8.0	-6.57a
Metformin (mg/kg)	0.005 ± 1.2 × 10−4	0.042 ± 1.0 × 10−3	0.004 ± 1.0 × 10−4	0.002 ± 5.5 × 10−4	167.2 ± 52.9	163.1 ± 11.2	-0.02ns
APLE (mg/kg)
100	0.006 ± 1.6 × 10−4	0.050 ± 1.0 × 10−3	0.006 ± 1.6 × 10−4	0.005 ± 1.4 × 10−4	138.5 ± 32.4	145.5 ± 62.6	5.10b
200	0.006 ± 2.3 × 10−4	0.055 ± 2.0 × 10−3	0.006 ± 2.4 × 10−4	0.004 ± 1.4 × 10−4	146.6 ± 43.5	140.9 ± 21.5	-3.86ns
400	0.005 ± 2.3 × 10−4	0.031 ± 1.0 × 10−3	0.003 ± 1.3 × 10−4	0.005 ± 2.0 × 10−4	156.2 ± 23.0	154.6 ± 24.9	-0.99ns

^∗Received normal saline; APLE: Abrus precatorius leaf extract (APLE); ns: not significant; ^aP ≤ 0.05 (model vs. control); ^bP ≤ 0.05 (APLE and metformin vs. model).