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Table 3 Relative organ weights of rats treated with Asdamarin for 28 days

From: Sub-acute and acute toxicity of Ferula asafoetida and Silybum marianum formulation and effect of the formulation on delaying gastric emptying

Sex

Organ

Control

Asdamarin (mg/kg, B.W)

250 mg/kg

500 mg/kg

1000 mg/kg

1000 R mg/kg

Male

Brain

0.808 ± 0.05

0.795 ± 0.03

0.659 ± 0.006*

0.714 ± 0.042

0.686 ± 0.014

Heart

0.368 ± 0.03

0.337 ± 0.01

0.308 ± 0.006

0.326 ± 0.016

0.303 ± 0.004

Liver

3.613 ± 0.14

3.360 ± 0.13

3.511 ± 0.126

3.815 ± 0.126

2.456 ± 0.047

Spleen

0.486 ± 0.09

0.44 ± 0.02

0.399 ± 0.036

0.447 ± 0.04

0.392 ± 0.03

Kidneys

0.339 ± 0.01

0.335 ± 0.02

0.308 ± 0.019

0.341 ± 0.015

0.284 ± 0.009

Female

Brain

0.930 ± 0.033

0.858 ± 0.022

0.914 ± 0.028

0.913 ± 0.019

0.874 ± 0.032

Heart

0.403 ± 0.026

0.388 ± 0.021

0.385 ± 0.0187

0.396 ± 0.007

0.336 ± 0.013

Liver

3.349 ± 0.331

3.199 ± 0.150

3.054 ± 0.228

3.150 ± 0.089

2.627 ± 0.084

Spleen

0.520 ± 0.061

0.465 ± 0.076

0.448 ± 0.036

0.523 ± 0.045

0.325 ± 0.026

Kidneys

0.503 ± 0.025

0.515 ± 0.015

0.505 ± 0.022

0.521 ± 0.008

0.455 ± 0.024

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± s.e.m. (n = 10 for each group). *p < 0.05 were considered significant using one-way Anova. * denote significant difference compared to control