Table 2.

The effect of apigeninidin-enriched Sorghum bicolor extract on body weight gains and organ weight of rats treated with AFB1 for 28 days.

	Control	AFB1	AFB1 + SBE-05-D1	AFB1 + SBE-05-D2	AFB1 + SBE-06-D1	AFB1 + SBE-06-D2	AFB1 + SBE-07-D1	AFB1 + SBE-07-D2
Body weight gain (g)	65.40 ± 6.80	62.17 ± 9.41	29.00 ± 19.15 #	51.50 ± 24.69	55.83 ± 14.78	65.00 ± 16.29	70.50 ± 0.88	54.67 ± 12.82
Testis weight (g)	2.54 ± 0.16	2.43 ± 0.19	2.30 ± .0.24	2.25 ± 0.05	2.38 ± 0.16	2.48 ± 0.10	2.50 ± 0.21	2.48 ± 0.13
Relative testes weight (%)	1.12 ± 0.13	1.10 ± 0.06	1.24 ± 0.29	1.04 ± 0.05	1.10 ± 0.14	1.09 ± 0.13	1.06 ± 0.12	1.16 ± 0.13
Epididymis weight (g)	0.43 ± 0.09	0.36 ± 0.07	0.37 ± 0.04	0.37 ± 0.03	0.39 ± 0.04	0.39 ± 0.03	0.50 ± 0.15	0.41 ± 0.05
Relative epididymis weight (%)	0.19 ± 0.05	0.16 ± 0.02	0.20 ± 0.03	0.17 ± 0.01	0.18 ± 0.01	0.17 ± 0.02	0.21 ± 0.06	0.19 ± 0.02
Hypothalamus weight (g)	0.07 ± 0.02	0.07 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.00	0.06 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.00	0.05 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.03
Relative hypothalamus weight (%)	0.033 ± 0.014	0.031 ± 0.002	0.031 ± 0.004	0.028 ± 0.008	0.028 ± 0.008	0.020 ± 0.001	0.024 ± 0.005	0.028 ± 0.015

AFB₁: aflatoxin B₁; SBE: Sorghum bicolor extract.

AFB₁, 50 µg/kg; AFB₁ + SBE-05-D1, 0.05 + 5 mg/kg; AFB₁ + SBE-5-D2, 0.05 + 10 mg/kg; AFB₁ + SBE-06-D1, 0.05 + 5 mg/kg; AFB₁ + SBE-06-D2, 0.05 + 10 mg/kg; AFB₁ + SBE-07-D1, 0.05 + 5 mg/kg; and AFB₁ + SBE-07-D2, 0.05 + 10 mg/kg. Values are expressed as mean (SD) for six rats per group.

^*Values differ significantly from control (p ⩽ 0.05).

^#Values differ significantly from AFB₁ alone (p ⩽ 0.05).