Table 10.
Effect of GutGard on relative organ weights (%) of male rats during 90 D oral toxicity study.
| Parameter | Dose (mg/kg) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 (Rev)$ | 250 | 500 | 1000 | 1000 (Rev)$ | |
| Brain | 0.525 ± 0.052 | 0.490 ± 0.054 | 0.544 ± 0.056 | 0.545 ± 0.033 | 0.562 ± 0.067 | 0.531 ± 0.041 |
| Liver | 3.026 ± 0.639 | 3.083 ± 0.387 | 3.059 ± 0.415 | 3.497 ± 0.409 | 3.762 ± 0.361# | 3.013 ± 0.155 |
| Kidneys | 0.705 ± 0.082 | 0.734 ± 0.046 | 0.726 ± 0.069 | 0.749 ± 0.054 | 0.827 ± 0.051# | 0.697 ± 0.045 |
| Adrenals | 0.0131 ± 0.0018 | 0.0115 ± 0.0014 | 0.0159 ± 0.0040 | 0.0148 ± 0.0014∗ | 0.0153 ± 0.0022∗ | 0.0114 ± 0.0020 |
| Testes | 0.766 ± 0.095 | 0.743 ± 0.065 | 0.823 ± 0.087 | 0.818 ± 0.079 | 0.825 ± 0.106 | 0.755 ± 0.059 |
| Heart | 0.322 ± 0.038 | 0.339 ± 0.046 | 0.330 ± 0.045 | 0.344 ± 0.061 | 0.333 ± 0.024 | 0.353 ± 0.033 |
| Spleen | 0.371 ± 0.133 | 0.281 ± 0.058 | 0.297 ± 0.095 | 0.364 ± 0.074 | 0.399 ± 0.073 | 0.253 ± 0.036 |
| Thymus | 0.056 ± 0.018 | 0.043 ± 0.015 | 0.044 ± 0.017 | 0.056 ± 0.016 | 0.042 ± 0.010 | 0.039 ± 0.007 |
| Epididymis | 0.320 ± 0.037 | 0.294 ± 0.040 | 0.300 ± 0.041 | 0.305 ± 0.023 | 0.326 ± 0.039 | 0.284 ± 0.019 |
Mean ± SD (n = 10); $n = 5; Rev.: reversal. ∗ = significant at 95% level of confidence (p ≤ 0.05); # = significant at 99% level of confidence (p ≤ 0.01).