Histopathological and Reproductive Evaluation in Male Rats Fed Jatropha curcas Seed Cake with or without Alkaline Hydrolysis and Subjected to Heat Treatment

Table 2

Relative organ weight of male rats that received a diet of 5% Jatropha curcas seed cake subjected to heat treatment and different methods of detoxification or standard feed (control) for 60 days ().

Organs	Control	J. curcas nonhydrolyzed			J. curcas hydrolyzed
	(I)	Washed with ethanol (II)	Washed with water (III)	Unwashed (IV)	Washed with ethanol (V)	Washed with water (VI)	Unwashed (VII)
Heart (%)	0.26 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.01
Lungs (%)	0.46 ± 0.03	0.46 ± 0.04	0.49 ± 0.05	0.48 ± 0.04	0.51 ± 0.03	0.50 ± 0.05	0.45 ± 0.03
Spleen (%)	0.23 ± 0.01	0.24 ± 0.01	0.25 ± 0.01	0.24 ± 0.01	0.23 ± 0.01	0.25 ± 0.01	0.23 ± 0.01
Liver (%)	3.23 ± 0.10	3.65 ± 0.14	3.42 ± 0.15	3.76 ± 0.1	3.35 ± 0.14	3.34 ± 0.10	3.26 ± 0.14
Kidneys (%)	0.74 ± 0.03	0.77 ± 0.02	0.77 ± 0.04	0.84 ± 0.0	0.77 ± 0.01	0.76 ± 0.03	0.77 ± 0.02
Testis (%)	0.76 ± 0.03	0.83 ± 0.02	0.82 ± 0.02	0.86 ± 0.05	0.83 ± 0.02	0.86 ± 0.03	0.80 ± 0.03
Brain (%)	0.45 ± 0.01	0.46 ± 0.01	0.47 ± 0.01	0.51 ± 0.0	0.46 ± 0.01	0.46 ± 0.01	0.46 ± 0.01

Data shown are mean ± SEM.
< 0.05, ANOVA followed by Dunnett.