. 2022 Sep 28;7(40):35506–35514. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c01309

Table 2. Weight of Mice Treated with Control, Epichlorohydrin-Cross-Linked Mandua Starch (ECC-MS), and Alkali-Isolated Mandua Starch (28-Days Study) (Dose: 1000 mg/kg, Body Weight of the Animal).

	weight (g) mean ± SD^*
	sub-acute toxicity study (dose: 1000 mg/kg body wt of animal)					sub-acute toxicity study (dose: 1500 mg/kg body wt of animal)				sub-acute toxicity study (dose: 2000 mg/kg body wt of animal)
treatment duration (days)	control^a (normal saline)	AMS^b	p^* (a vs b)	ECC-MS^c	p^* (a vs c)	AMS^d	p^* (a vs d)	ECC-MS^e	p^* (a vs e)	AMS^f	p^* (a vs f)	ECC-MS^g	p^* (a vs g)
0	34.56 ± 0.711	33.15 ± 1.911	0.139	32.80 ± 1.341	0.131	34.63 ± 0.501	0.439	34.58 ± 0.469	0.470	34.48 ± 1.053	0.460	34.15 ± 1.879	0.356
7	35.15 ± 1.051	34.16 ± 0.653	0.610	33.67 ± 0.790	0.488	35.23 ± 1.172	0.455	35.25 ± 1.053	0.446	35.39 ± 0.672	0.348	35.26 ± 0.818	0.427
14	35.36 ± 1.103	34.51 ± 1.500	0.083	33.95 ± 1.701	0.512	35.32 ± 0.806	0.450	35.34 ± 0.442	0.493	35.44 ± 0.687	0.471	35.41 ± 1.583	0.482
28	35.52 ± 1.215	35.45 ± 1.166	0.843	34.10 ± 2.040	0.280	35.50 ± 0.777	0.496	35.44 ± 0.296	0.456	35.64 ± 0.410	0.470	35.58 ± 1.910	0.485

p values were obtained by Student’s t-test, comparing control vs alkali-isolated mandua starch (AMS) and control vs epichlorohydrin-cross-linked mandua starch (EC-CMS).