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Table 7 Organ to body weight ratios as affected by infection and doses of A. cordifolia extract after 2 weeks of administration to rats

From: Antibacterial activities and toxicological study of the aqueous extract from leaves of Alchornea cordifolia (Euphorbiaceae)

Relative weight (g/100 g of body weight)

Doses

Spleen

Lungs

Heart

Liver

Kidneys

0-mg/kg

0.56 ± 0.14a

1.21 ± 0.35a

0.40 ± 0.04a

3.85 ± 0.42a

1.19 ± 0.30a

0i mg/kg

0.32 ± 0.04c

0.82 ± 0.16b

0.32 ± 0.03b

3.72 ± 0.45a

0.98 ± 0.08a

58 mg/kg

0.38 ± 0.05bc

0.83 ± 0.08b

0.32 ± 0.01b

3.49 ± 0.32a

1.03 ± 0.05a

116 mg/kg

0.42 ± 0.04bc

0.85 ± 0.08b

0.33 ± 0.03b

3.34 ± 0.23a

1.00 ± 0.15a

232 mg/kg

0.44 ± 0.04b

0.87 ± 0.16b

0.36 ± 0.02ab

3.57 ± 0.35a

1.04 ± 0.16a

  1. 0i: Infected and non-treated control, 0-: Normal control. Tabulated values are mean ± SEM of five trials. Values of the same column with different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05