Research Article
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 mean
SEM (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 |
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