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. 2021 Aug 27;13(9):2986. doi: 10.3390/nu13092986

Table 1.

Effect of oral administration of CFW on the changes of the body weight and organ weight in PM2.5-exposed SD rats.

Organ Weight (g) Group
Control DED CFW 200 CFW 400 Lutein CsA
BW gain 31.92 ± 9.35 28.11 ± 9.03 31.13 ± 6.94 30.05 ± 8.07 30.48 ± 6.77 34.03 ± 10.04
Thymus 0.40 ± 0.08 0.39 ± 0.07 0.41 ± 0.06 0.42 ± 0.10 0.36 ± 0.04 0.38 ± 0.09
Heart 0.69 ± 0.04 0.68 ± 0.03 0.67 ± 0.04 0.65 ± 0.06 0.66 ± 0.02 0.67 ± 0.06
Lung 1.08 ± 0.09 1.02 ± 0.07 1.01 ±0.06 0.98 ±0.08 0.99 ± 0.06 1.01 ± 0.07
Liver 6.43 ± 0.47 6.47 ± 0.59 6.33 ± 0.68 6.28 ± 0.59 6.42 ± 0.88 6.44 ± 0.67
Kidney 1.52 ± 0.18 1.47± 0.11 1.49 ± 0.09 1.51 ± 0.14 1.45 ± 0.06 1.49 ± 0.12
Spleen 0.53 ± 0.04 0.52 ± 0.07 0.52 ± 0.07 0.53 ± 0.05 0.51 ± 0.08 0.54 ± 0.04
Uterus and Ovary 0.51 ± 0.10 0.48 ± 0.08 0.49 ± 0.11 0.52 ± 0.10 0.59 ± 0.18 0.58 ± 0.14

The data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 5). Control, untreated group; DED, PM2.5 with normal saline-treated group; CFW 200, PM2.5 with 200 mg/kg of water extracts of Corni Fructus-treated group; CFW 400, PM2.5 with 400 mg/kg of water extracts of Corni Fructus-treated group; Lutein, PM2.5 with lutein-treated group; and CsA, PM2.5 with cyclosporine A-treated group. CsA, cyclosporin A.