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Table 3 Effect of DAS-77 on weight of vital organs (per 100 g body weight) in the main study

From: A 90 day chronic toxicity study of Nigerian herbal preparation DAS-77 in rats

Treatment

Dose (mg/kg)

Main Study

Ā Ā 

Liver

Kidney

Lungs

Heart

Testes

Spleen

Pancreas

Brain

Ovaries

Distilled water

(10 ml/kg)

2.84ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.05

0.57ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

0.77ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.04

0.37ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.03

1.52ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.08

0.37ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.03

0.28ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

0.63ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.03

0.08ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.00

DAS-77

80

2.80ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.19

0.64ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.04

0.78ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.05

0.34ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

1.78ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.29

0.32ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.04

0.34ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.03

0.70ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

0.10ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.00

DAS-77

400

2.66ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.09

0.71ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.03

0.88ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.04

0.33ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

1.99ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.08

0.31ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

0.42ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

0.74ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.08

0.14ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02**

DAS-77

2000

2.41ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.1*

0.65ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.06

0.78ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.07

0.35ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

1.91ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.13

0.30ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.02

0.32ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.03

0.73ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.01

0.14ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.01*

  1. Values are meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰S.E.M (nā€‰=ā€‰10). * pā€‰<ā€‰0.05, ** pā€‰<ā€‰0.01 vs. distilled water (One-way ANOVA followed by Dunnettā€™s posttest).