Toxicity Evaluation of Anacardium occidentale, the Potential Aphrodisiac Herb

Table 3

The relative organ weights changes of rats after the single administration of the hydroalcoholic extract of A. occidentale L. (AO) leaf at 14-day observation period. Values were as mean±SEM (N=10).

Internal organ	Relative organ weights of rat (g/kg BW)
	Male		Female
	Vehicle	AO 2; g/kg BW	Vehicle	AO 2; g/kg BW
Lung	5.22±0.28	5.14± 0.29	6.80±0.54	6.02±0.39
Heart	3.44±0.06	3.30±0.05	3.48±0.10	3.42±0.10
Liver	29.80±0.82	30.12±0.74	30.54±1.73	28.15±1.07
Spleen	2.74±0.10	2.72±0.10	2.77±0.11	2.96±0.19
Brain	5.71±0.08	5.12±0.11	5.97±0.10	6.29±0.10
Pancreas	4.69±0.37	5.22±0.48	4.76±0.34	5.19±0.39
Stomach	6.47±0.20	7.36±0.26	7.04±0.18	7.32±0.16
Thymus	2.37± 0.14	1.86±0.09	2.13±0.12	1.95±0.09
Kidney
left	3.79±0.15	3.54±0.11	3.44±0.29	3.41±0.08
right	3.89±0.09	3.49±0.07	3.52±0.29	3.38±0.25
Testis/Ovary
left	8.90±0.25	8.21±0.47	0.66±0.05	0.73±0.06
right	8.99±0.20	8.05±0.42	0.70±0.07	0.78±0.07
Salivary gland
left	0.45±0.02	0.45±0.02	0.50±0.03	0.45±0.03
right	0.48±0.02	0.44±0.02	0.47±0.04	0.46±0.02
Adrenal grand
left	0.21±0.01	0.18±0.01	0.27±0.29	0.23±0.01
right	0.22±0.01	0.16±0.02	0.24±0.04	0.23±0.01