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Table 2 Relative organ weight of rats after 6 months of treatment with the aqueous extract of C. molle

From: Chronic oral safety study of the aqueous extract of Combretum molle twigs on biochemical, haematological and antioxidant parameters of Wistar rats

Relative weight (g/100 g b.wt.)

Organs

Control

62.5 mg/kg

125 mg/kg

250 mg/kg

Liver

3.446 ± 0.099

3.003 ± 0.092

3.099 ± 0.152

3.302 ± 0.147

Kidneys

0.760 ± 0.015

0.731 ± 0.021

0.687 ± 0.033

0.706 ± 0.025

Lungs

0.905 ± 0.022

0.834 ± 0.026

0.922 ± 0.022

0.828 ± 0.021

Heart

0.346 ± 0.016

0.317 ± 0.011

0.352 ± 0.015

0.334 ± 0.012

Spleen

0.218 ± 0.012

0.267 ± 0.020

0.208 ± 0.014

0.204 ± 0.010

Pancreas

0.309 ± 0.015

0.298 ± 0.015

0.273 ± 0.011

0.315 ± 0.011

Stomach

1.236 ± 0.026

1.206 ± 0.020

1.171 ± 0.041

1.193 ± 0.024

Adrenal glands

0.036 ± 0.001

0.034 ± 0.001

0.032 ± 0.001

0.035 ± 0.001

Testes

1.403 ± 0.024

1.366 ± 0.018

1.315 ± 0.040

1.338 ± 0.030

Ovaries

0.079 ± 0.003

0.085 ± 0.001

0.083 ± 0.004

0.086 ± 0.002

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SD, n = 10. (One-way ANOVA followed by Turkey’s post-hoc test)