Table 4.

Results of the absolute and relative organ weights of rats (n = 10; mean value ± S.D.).

		0 mg/kg		250 mg/kg		500 mg/kg		1000 mg/kg
	Organ	Absolute organ weight (g)	Relative organ weight (%)	Absolute organ weight (g)	Relative organ weight (%)	Absolute organ weight (g)	Relative organ weight (%)	Absolute organ weight (g)	Relative organ weight (%)
Male	Liver	11.624 ± 0.681	2.649 ± 0.124	11.688 ± 1.543	2.662 ± 0.177	11.167 ± 1.249	2.668 ± 0.164	11.733 ± 1.267	2.664 ± 0.246
	Heart	1.178 ± 0.089	0.269 ± 0.024	1.167 ± 0.088	0.267 ± 0.019	1.133 ± 0.104	0.271 ± 0.012	1.165 ± 0.121	0.264 ± 0.021
	Spleen	0.632 ± 0.078	0.144 ± 0.014	0.622 ± 0.086	0.142 ± 0.014	0.621 ± 0.084	0.149 ± 0.019	0.664 ± 0.087	0.151 ± 0.016
	Brain	2.151 ± 0.109	0.491 ± 0.035	2.105 ± 0.092	0.482 ± 0.032	2.080 ± 0.109	0.499 ± 0.030	2.104 ± 0.110	0.478 ± 0.023
	Thymus	0.289 ± 0.059	0.066 ± 0.013	0.351 ± 0.084	0.080 ± 0.015	0.297 ± 0.040	0.071 ± 0.010	0.349 ± 0.062	0.080 ± 0.016
	Kidneys	2.327 ± 0.225	0.529 ± 0.0.34	2.333 ± 0.202	0.533 ± 0.032	2.223 ± 0.182	0.532 ± 0.024	2.357 ± 0.247	0.536 ± 0.056
	Adrenals	0.065 ± 0.005	0.015 ± 0.001	0.067 ± 0.012	0.015 ± 0.002	0.066 ± 0.008	0.016 ± 0.002	0.067 ± 0.010	0.015 ± 0.003
	Testes	4.035 ± 0.325	0.919 ± 0.069	3.863 ± 0.252	0.885 ± 0.072	3.983 ± 0.337	0.958 ± 0.102	3.960 ± 0.529	0.898 ± 0.100
	Epididymides	1.322 ± 0.099	0.301 ± 0.019	1.299 ± 0.120	0.297 ± 0.024	1.286 ± 0.072	0.309 ± 0.025	1.225 ± 0.193	0.278 ± 0.039
	Seminal vesicles with coagulating glands and prostate	2.184 ± 0.388	0.495 ± 0.069	2.291 ± 0.403	0.522 ± 0.073	2.309 ± 0.259	0.554 ± 0.065	2.349 ± 0.312	0.533 ± 0.059
	Thyroid with parathyroid	0.0216 ± 0.0029	0.0049 ± 0.0005	0.0234 ± 0.0038	0.0053 ± 0.0007	0.0216 ± 0.0025	0.0052 ± 0.0007	0.0254 ± 0.0029a	0.0058 ± 0.0009
	Pituitary gland	0.0104 ± 0.0016	0.0024 ± 0.0003	0.0104 ± 0.0018	0.0024 ± 0.0003	0.0102 ± 0.0012	0.0025 ± 0.0002	0.0107 ± 0.0016	0.0024 ± 0.0003
Female	Liver	7.015 ± 0.404	2.856 ± 0.267	7.305 ± 0.520	2.929 ± 0.252	7.157 ± 0.919	2.880 ± 0.173	7.174 ± 0.617	2.927 ± 0.200
	Heart	0.836 ± 0.038	0.340 ± 0.017	0.837 ± 0.068	0.335 ± 0.028	0.848 ± 0.072	0.343 ± 0.032	0.820 ± 0.058	0.335 ± 0.020
	Spleen	0.440 ± 0.039	0.179 ± 0.021	0.454 ± 0.042	0.182 ± 0.020	0.450 ± 0.063	0.182 ± 0.026	0.425 ± 0.055	0.174 ± 0.023
	Brain	1.969 ± 0.073	0.801 ± 0.055	1.981 ± 0.048	0.794 ± 0.044	1.916 ± 0.114	0.776 ± 0.064	1.907 ± 0.083	0.780 ± 0.048
	Thymus	0.308 ± 0.033	0.125 ± 0.011	0.337 ± 0.073	0.135 ± 0.028	0.326 ± 0.064	0.132 ± 0.027	0.303 ± 0.054	0.123 ± 0.020
	Kidneys	1.552 ± 0.076	0.631 ± 0.033	1.587 ± 0.075	0.636 ± 0.045	1.514 ± 0.144	0.611 ± 0.038	1.507 ± 0.093	0.615 ± 0.040
	Adrenals	0.076 ± 0.009	0.031 ± 0.005	0.081 ± 0.004	0.033 ± 0.003	0.080 ± 0.014	0.032 ± 0.004	0.078 ± 0.009	0.032 ± 0.003
	Ovaries	0.089 ± 0.010	0.036 ± 0.005	0.095 ± 0.022	0.038 ± 0.008	0.104 ± 0.011	0.042 ± 0.003	0.092 ± 0.017	0.038 ± 0.006
	Uterus with cervix	0.628 ± 0.130	0.255 ± 0.049	0.708 ± 0.114	0.284 ± 0.049	0.742 ± 0.166	0.304 ± 0.084	0.641 ± 0.151	0.262 ± 0.064
	Thyroid with parathyroid	0.0159 ± 0.0019	0.0065 ± 0.0007	0.0165 ± 0.0023	0.0066 ± 0.0011	0.0166 ± 0.0026	0.0067 ± 0.0011	0.0149 ± 0.0015	0.0061 ± 0.0009
	Pituitary gland	0.0164 ± 0.0020	0.0067 ± 0.0010	0.0159 ± 0.0022	0.0064 ± 0.0010	0.0150 ± 0.0016	0.0061 ± 0.0008	1.0151 ± 0.0020	0.0062 ± 0.0008

^ap < 0.05; significant compared to the control group.