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Table 9 Satellite group/ Water intake (ml) of rats in the sub-acute oral toxicity test at each week

From: Acute and sub-acute oral toxicity of Dracaena cinnabari resin methanol extract in rats

Satellite group/ Water intake (ml) of rats in the sub-acute oral toxicity test at each week

 

Sex

Control

DC 1500 mg/kg

P value

Week 1

M

124.39 ± 0.41

125.86 ± 0.85

0.001*

F

121.24 ± 1.79

123.59 ± 1.96

0.037*

Week 2

M

124.87 ± 0.64

127.14 ± 1.09

0.000*

F

123.33 ± 1.85

125.03 ± 0.76

0.044*

Week 3

M

126.40 ± 0.87

128.30 ± 1.37

0.009*

F

123.80 ± 0.95

125.80 ± 1.00

0.002*

Week 4

M

127.48 ± 0.95

128.89 ± 1.21

0.032*

F

124.53 ± 1.10

125.94 ± 1.01

0.027*

Week 5

M

128.38 ± 1.11

129.03 ± 0.86

0.244

F

125.68 ± 0.99

125.97 ± 0.68

0.538

Week 6

M

128.94 ± 1.28

129.30 ± 1.34

0.620

F

126.48 ± 0.90

126.58 ± 0.68

0.825

  1. Values expressed as a mean ± standard deviation. n = 5. Sex (male, M and female, F)
  2. *p-value less than 0.05, (p < 0.05) significant value. Numbers in bold indicate a statistically significant difference