Toxicity Evaluation of Anacardium occidentale, the Potential Aphrodisiac Herb

Table 10

Relative organ weights of vital organs of female rats after 90 days of treatment with leaf of A. occidentale (AO). Values were as meanSEM (N=15/group).

Internal organ	Relative organ weight (%)
	Vehicle	AO 20 mg/kgBW	AO 100 mg/kgBW	AO 500 mg/kgBW
Lung	11.21±0.81	10.42±0.96	8.85±0.82	10.73±1.65
Heart	4.58±0.44	3.92±0.09	3.74±0.11	3.83±0.19
Liver	34.72±1.16	32.74±0.92	31.97±1.21	32.41±1.19
Spleen	3.19±0.12	4.81±1.88	2.96±0.18	3.03±0.33
Brain	5.51±0.01	5.34±0.09	5.23±0.15	5.23±0.09
Pancreas	6.29±0.36	7.28±0.44	6.43±0.68	5.69±0.47
Stomach	7.29±0.32	6.82±0.49	6.42±0.18	6.77±0.24
Thymus	1.37±0.08	1.18±0.09	1.17±0.09	1.47±0.09
Kidney
left	3.69±0.10	3.62±0.13	3.32±0.25	3.46±0.11
right	3.74±0.11	3.57±0.10	3.45±0.15	3.48±0.09
Ovary
left	0.68±0.06	0.68±0.05	0.72±0.18	0.57±0.04
right	0.68±0.06	0.55±0.06	0.72±0.17	0.56±0.02
Salivary gland
left	0.39±0.04	0.49±0.04	0.60±0.15	0.56±0.16
right	0.41±0.04	0.44±0.04	0.44±0.03	0.39±0.03
Adrenal grand
left	0.33±0.04	0.30±0.03	0.24±0.02	0.25±0.01
right	0.30±0.03	0.26±0.02	0.24±0.02	0.24±0.02