Toxicity Evaluation of Anacardium occidentale, the Potential Aphrodisiac Herb

Table 9

Relative organ weights of vital organs of male 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	8.20±0.96	6.88±0.72	7.59±0.71	6.06±0.25
Heart	3.20±0.12	3.08±0.10	0.10±0.08	3.37±0.13
Liver	24.64±1.20	24.51±0.86	0.86±2.85	26.37±2.56
Spleen	2.26±0.17	2.27±0.23	0.23±0.06	2.50±0.35
Brain	3.45±0.07	3.28±0.09	0.09±0.07	3.53±0.10
Pancreas	4.67±0.36	4.11±0.27	0.27±0.29	4.21±0.30
Stomach	5.03±0.25	5.14±0.31	0.31±0.16	5.32±0.27
Thymus	0.96±0.08	1.04±0.05	0.05±0.09	1.06±0.10
Kidney
left	3.03±0.15	3.13±0.14	0.14±0.07	3.14±0.25
right	4.59±1.51	2.98±0.11	0.11±0.08	2.97±0.16
Testis
left	4.76±0.20	4.55±0.13	0.13±0.11	4.48±0.40
right	4.79±0.21	4.67±0.15	0.15±0.10	4.59±0.21
Salivary gland
left	0.17±0.01	0.16±0.01	0.01±0.01	0.16±0.02
right	0.15±0.01	0.16±0.01	0.01±0.01	0.17±0.01
Adrenal grand
left	0.35±0.02	0.34±0.02	0.02±0.02	0.37±0.02
right	0.33±0.02	0.35±0.03	0.03±0.01	0.36±0.02