Research Article
Toxicity Evaluation of Anacardium occidentale, the Potential Aphrodisiac Herb
Table 8
The body weight changes of rats after 90 days of treatment with the leaf extract of
A. occidentale (AO). Values were as mean
SEM (N=15/group).
| Group | Body weight (grams) | 0-day | 90-day | % increase |
| Male | | | | Vehicle | 208.20±3.83 | 245.87±7.41 | 20.41 | AO 20 mg/kg BW | 235.00±3.76 | 283.13±8.77 | 17.65 | AO 100 mg/kg BW | 238.33±3.76 | 281.07±4.53 | 18.13 | AO 500 mg/kg BW | 231.67±4.65 | 274.93±4.74 | 19.25 |
| Female | | | |
| Vehicle | 335.33±6.98 | 420.73±7.78 | 26.540 |
| AO 20 mg/kg BW | 359±3.98 | 451.67±9.44 | 25.770 |
| AO 100 mg/kg BW | 356.60±4.66 | 451.53±7.67 | 26.680 |
| AO 500 mg/kg BW | 355.54±5.98 | 448.46±11.60 | 26.580 |
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