Research Article

Safety Evaluation of Artocarpus altilis as Pharmaceutical Agent in Wistar Rats

Table 2

Relative body (BW) and organ weights of control and experimental groups (g) (values in parenthesis indicate organ-BW ratio) .

GroupInitial BWFinal BWLiverKidneyHeartBrainSpleen

Con161a ± 9.67152a ± 7.634.29a ± 0.53
(2.28)
1.05a ± 0.27
(0.69)
0.45a ± 0.15
(0.29)
1.42a ± 0.95
(0.93)
0.32a ± 0.01
(0.21)

ALA183a ± 5.83168a ± 2.015.19a ± 0.31
(3.08)
1.29a ± 1.38
(0.76)
0.62a ± 0.23
(0.36)
1.56a ± 0.80
(0.92)
0.35a ± 0.01
(0.20)

ALM161a ± 4.31150a ± 8.434.46a ± 0.75
(2.97)
1.16a ± 0.25
(0.77)
0.60a ± 0.42
(0.40)
1.57a ± 0.77
(1.04)
0.34a ± 0.01
(0.22)

ABA172a ± 6.66155a ± 5.284.11a ± 0.77
(2.65)
1.16a ± 0.37
(0.78)
0.61a ± 0.64
(0.39)
1.50a ± 0.97
(0.96)
0.28a ± 0.03
(0.18)

ABM172a ± 5.52184b ± 5.965.52a ± 0.87
(3.00)
1.42a ± 0.31
(0.77)
0.62a ± 0.28
(0.33)
1.47a ± 1.02
(0.79)
0.36a ± 0.02
(0.19)

ALA: leaf aqueous extract, ALM: leaf 80% MeOH, ABA: bark aqueous extract, ABM: bark 80% MeOH extract.
Mean values carrying different superscripts a, b, c … in columns differ significantly .