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Table 6 Body weight, organ weight and serum liver enzyme profile of normal and 5 g/kg body weight of Xeniji treated mice for 30 days of subchronic toxicity study

From: In vitro characterization and in vivo toxicity, antioxidant and immunomodulatory effect of fermented foods; Xeniji™

 

Normal

Xeniji 0.1

Xeniji 1.0

Xeniji 2.0

Day 0 BW (g)

20.42 ± 0.125

18.96 ± 0.271

19.96 ± 1.297

19.67 ± 1.145

Day 28 BW (g)

24.52 ± 1.370

22.91 ± 1.023

23.93 ± 1.837

23.52 ± 1.116

BW gain (g)

4.10 ± 1.245

3.96 ± 0.752

3.97 ± 0.541

3.86 ± 0.029

Liver/BW ratio

0.04 ± 0.005

0.04 ± 0.001

0.04 ± 0.004

0.04 ± 0.009

Kidney/BW ratio

0.01 ± 0.001

0.01 ± 0.001

0.01 ± 0.001

0.01 ± 0.001

Spleen/BW ratio

0.003 ± 0.000

0.003 ± 0.000

0.003 ± 0.000

0.003 ± 0.000

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.50 ± 0.99

5.40 ± 0.07

5.13 ± 0.76

5.00 ± 0.41

ALT (U/L)

53.68 ± 3.32

44.62 ± 1.83*#

44.33 ± 4.76*

43.55 ± 2.21*#

ALP (U/L)

72.33 ± 3.84

72.67 ± 3.37

79.67 ± 4.80

78.83 ± 1.89

AST (U/L)

103.97 ± 4.15

108.32 ± 2.10

108.04 ± 2.93

107.21 ± 5.83

Creatinine (μmol/L)

43.50 ± 0.40

42.00 ± 0.40

43.00 ± 0.95

42.50 ± 0.21

  1. *and #indicates a significant difference compared with the normal control group at p < 0.05 and p < 0.001