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. 2023 Feb 2;5:1117729. doi: 10.3389/ftox.2023.1117729

TABLE 7.

Summary of absolute organ weights for females in the repeat-dose 90-day toxicity study. Values represent mean ± SD. *Statistically significant (p < 0.05) with respect to the vehicle group.

Dose (mg/kg b.w.) Vehicle 0 Paraxanthine - 100 Paraxanthine - 150 Paraxanthine - 185 Caffeine - 150 Caffeine - 185
Adrenals 0.07334 ± 0.01640 0.08343 ± 0.01597 0.09413 ± 0.02217* 0.0744 ± 0.01500 0.08975 ± 0.01423 0.09303 ± 0.01822
Thymus 0.37544 ± 0.10322 0.32814 ± 0.04639 0.28995 ± 0.07156 0.30999 ± 0.06019 0.27308 ± 0.05827* 0.26947 ± 0.07063*
Spleen 0.62254 ± 0.10870 0.60117 ± 0.07442 0.57166 ± 0.08149 0.54832 ± 0.03470 0.56087 ± 0.04883 0.55137 ± 0.09321
Heart 1.084 ± 0.34130 1.12372 ± 0.11596 1.16994 ± 0.09185 1.1161 ± 0.06957 1.13286 ± 0.08331 1.14708 ± 0.10927
Brain 2.06603 ± 0.08983 2.10052 ± 0.09091 2.00639 ± 0.08111 2.08486 ± 0.07586 1.99639 ± 0.09944 1.94498 ± 0.07350*
Kidneys 2.17679 ± 0.23112 2.24008 ± 0.21491 2.10597 ± 0.14674 2.06906 ± 0.23927 2.33549 ± 0.19490 2.09417 ± 0.23091
Liver 10.84485 ± 1.58733 10.92884 ± 1.22639 10.68754 ± 1.01925 10.04758 ± 0.76868 10.85476 ± 0.62288 10.60714 ± 0.98894
Ovaries 0.15894 ± 0.02590 0.18028 ± 0.04256 0.19807 ± 0.03636 0.13956 ± 0.04787 0.17346 ± 0.04719 0.15929 ± 0.03259
Uterus with cervix 1.0486 ± 0.36606 0.72098 0.23428 0.69851 ± 0.17391 0.83874 ± 0.32582 0.77222 ± 0.25966 0.68401 ± 0.28696
Pituitary 0.02182 ± 0.00468 0.02260 ± 0.0058 0.02017 ± 0.00248 0.02183 ± 0.00439 0.02064 ± 0.00428 0.01763 ± 0.00515
Thyroid & Parathyroid 0.03343 ± 0.00667 0.02438 ± 0.00500 0.02560 ± 0.00677 0.02766 ± 0.00588 0.02599 ± 0.00587 0.03154 ± 0.00987