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

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

Relative weight (g/100 g of body weight)
Doses	Spleen	Lungs	Heart	Liver	Kidneys
0-mg/kg	0.56 ± 0.14^a	1.21 ± 0.35^a	0.40 ± 0.04^a	3.85 ± 0.42^a	1.19 ± 0.30^a
0i mg/kg	0.32 ± 0.04^c	0.82 ± 0.16^b	0.32 ± 0.03^b	3.72 ± 0.45^a	0.98 ± 0.08^a
58 mg/kg	0.38 ± 0.05^bc	0.83 ± 0.08^b	0.32 ± 0.01^b	3.49 ± 0.32^a	1.03 ± 0.05^a
116 mg/kg	0.42 ± 0.04^bc	0.85 ± 0.08^b	0.33 ± 0.03^b	3.34 ± 0.23^a	1.00 ± 0.15^a
232 mg/kg	0.44 ± 0.04^b	0.87 ± 0.16^b	0.36 ± 0.02^ab	3.57 ± 0.35^a	1.04 ± 0.16^a

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