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Table 5 Effects of essential oil of C. lusitanica treatment on tissue protein levels in rats

From: Chemical composition, antimicrobial properties and toxicity evaluation of the essential oil of Cupressus lusitanica Mill. leaves from Cameroon

  

Tissues

Treatment

Dose

Liver

Heart

Lungs

Kidneys

Spleen

Serum

 

(g/kg)

(mg/g)

(mg/g)

(mg/g)

(mg/g)

(mg/g)

(g/l)

Control

0

81.96 ± 17.32

119.83 ± 6.97

168.91 ± 5.62

156.37 ± 4.65

123.93 ± 13.73

21.16 ± 0.73

Essential oil of C. lusitanica

0.8

71.66 ± 11.43

110.73 ± 11.56

153.86 ± 5.28

117.20 ± 5.24*

123.61 ± 18.41

18.73 ± 1.75

1.2

63.13 ± 5.55*

102.17 ± 9.92

123.03 ± 3.35*

112.95 ± 3.78*

110.93 ± 12.16

17.58 ± 0.58

1.6

58.98 ± 4.38*

104.27 ± 5.79

102.01 ± 4.98*

82.71 ± 4.26*

116.42 ± 20.14

10.24 ± 1.13*

2

52.65 ± 9.57*

79.43 ± 4.73*

100.01 ± 4.25*

31.10 ± 6.16*

61.43 ± 11.67*

9.24 ± 0.50*

  1. Values are means ± SE of six animals. For the same column, values affected by * are significantly different form the control (test of Student-Newmann-Keuls at p > 0.05).