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Table 2 Relative organ weight of control and diabetic rats treated or not with Hancornia speciosa aqueous extract (400 mg/kg) during 21 days

From: A treatment with a boiled aqueous extract of Hancornia speciosa Gomes leaves improves the metabolic status of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

 

Groups

Control

Treated Control

Diabetic

Treated Diabetic

Heart (g/100 g)

0.33 ± 0.02

0.39 ± 0.05

0.50 ± 0.07 a

0.35 ± 0.02 a b

Liver (g/100 g)

3.22 ± 0.29

3.36 ± 0.23

4.87 ± 0.37 a

3.61 ± 0.40 a b

Spleen (g/100 g)

0.22 ± 0.04

0.22 ± 0.01

0.29 ± 0.03 a

0.24 ± 0.02 a b

Right kidney (g/100 g)

0.32 ± 0.04

0.36 ± 0.03

0.54 ± 0.04 a

0.44 ± 0.04 a b

Left kidney (g/100 g)

0.33 ± 0.05

0.33 ± 0.02

0.54 ± 0.04 a

0.41 ± 0.04 a b

  1. Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation (SD)
  2. ap < 0.05 compared with the control group (ANOVA followed by Student-Newman-Keuls test)
  3. bp < 0.05 compared with the diabetic group (ANOVA followed by Student-Newman-Keuls test)