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Table 3 Relative organ weights indices (g/100g) of rats in sub-acute toxicity of the methylene Chloride/methanol extract of S. barteri

From: Toxicological studies of stem bark extract from Schefflera barteri Harms (Araliaceae)

 

Doses (mg/kg)

Liver

Spleen

Kidneys

Lungs

Heart

Testis/ovaries

Male

Control

3.68 ± 0.25b

0.32 ± 0.06b

0.82 ± 0.04a

0.67 ± 0.03a

0.34 ± 0.03c

1.21 ± 0.06a

100

3.84 ± 0.27b

0.37 ± 0.03a

0.79 ± 0.04a

0.68 ± 0.07a

0.37 ± 0.04b

1.17 ± 0.07a

200

4.10 ± 0.65a

0.37 ± 0.03a

0.79 ± 0.08a

0.68 ± 0.03a

0.38 ± 0.02b

1.16 ± 0.03a

400

4.11 ± 0.39a

0.37 ± 0.05a

0.79 ± 0.04a

0.69 ± 0.13a

0.40 ± 0.05a

1.16 ± 0.07a

800

4.63 ± 1.35a

0.37 ± 0.06a

0.79 ± 0.26a

0.70 ± 0.17a

0.40 ± 0.06a

1.16 ± 0.35a

Female

Control

4.19 ± 0.36a

0.28 ± 0.08c

0.89 ± 0.08a

0.69 ± 0.14a

0.34 ± 0.03c

0.07 ± 0.02a

100

4.20 ± 0.98a

0.28 ± 0.06c

0.89 ± 0.02a

0.68 ± 0.14a

0.37 ± 0.04b

0.07 ± 0.02a

200

4.32 ± 0.33a

0.31 ± 0.04b

0.90 ± 0.07a

0.68 ± 0.10a

0.40 ± 0.02a

0.07 ± 0.01a

400

4.30 ± 0.75a

0.31 ± 0.02b

0.90 ± 0.08a

0.69 ± 0.04a

0.41 ± 0.03a

0.06 ± 0.01a

800

4.31 ± 0.50a

0.34 ± 0.07a

0.91 ± 0.06a

0.69 ± 0.06a

0.42 ± 0.05a

0.06 ± 0.02a

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. n = 5. Values for a given group in a line followed by different letter as superscript are significantly different according to Waller Duncan’s multiple comparison test (P < 0.05).