Table 2.

Effect of the enriched fraction on body weight, food intake and water intake on BALB/c mice.

Parameters	Sub- acute toxicity			Acute toxicity
	Control	50 mg/Kg bw	500 mg/Kg bw	Control	200 mg/Kg bw	800 mg/Kg bw	1600 mg/Kg bw
Female
Initial weight	18.62 ± 0.35	17.74 ± 0.18	18.76 ± 0.33	15.42 ± 0.36	18.13 ± 0.59	16.07 ± 0.26	18.57 ± 0.21
Day 4 (g)	–	–	–	16.7 ± 0.24	18.8 ± 0.37	16.6 ± 0.47	19.05 ± 0.05
Day 7 (g)	18.64 ± 0.38	17.9 ± 0.13	19.02 ± 0.23	16.75 ± 0.34	19 ± 0.61	16.95 ± 0.37	19.55 ± 0.25
Day 14 (g)	19.34 ± 0.39	18.52 ± 0.17	19.76 ± 0.31	–	–	–	–
Food intake (g/day/mice)	3.21 ± 0.06	2.84 ± 0.09	2.79 ± 0.13	2.72 ± 0.1	3.01 ± 0.2	2.74 ± 0.26	3.07 ± 0.26
Water intake (ml/day/mice)	3.58 ± 0.11	3.15 ± 0.10	3.23 ± 0.11	3.41 ± 0.09	3.83 ± 0.25	3.2 ± 0.15	3.67 ± 0.09
Male
Initial weight	21.76 ± 0.46	20.28 ± 0.21	21.66 ± 0.44	–	–	–	–
Day 7 (g)	22.38 ± 0.48	20.82 ± 0.28	22.89 ± 0.35	–	–	–	–
Day 14 (g)	23.98 ± 0.41	22.38 ± 0.19	23.06 ± 0.47	–	–	–	–
Food intake (g/day/mice)	3.43 ± 0.12	3.40 ± 0.10	3.29 ± 0.13	–	–	–	–
Water intake (ml/day/mice)	4.32 ± 0.15	4.30 ± 0.19	3.97 ± 0.12	–	–	–	–

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. p > 0.05 when compared to normal control group.