Acute and Subacute Toxicological Evaluation of the Aerial Extract of Monsonia angustifolia E. Mey. ex. A. Rich in Wistar Rats

Table 5

Effect of 28-day administration of Monsonia angustifolia extract on the body and organ weights of rats.

Parameters	Control	Extract (mg/kg body weight)
		75	150	300
Initial body weight (g)	283.52 ± 0.03	282.41 ± 0.19	283.33 ± 2.74	284.58 ± 2.87
Final body weight (g)	311.94 ± 0.06	322.28 ± 0.19	318.21 ± 0.86	333.11 ± 0.86
Weight of liver (g)	11.97 ± 0.20	12.44 ± 0.05	12.06 ± 0.36	14.99 ± 0.26
Weight of kidney (g)	2.33 ± 0.20	2.56 ± 0.06	2.46 ± 0.09	2.35 ± 0.06
Liver-body weight ratio (%)	3.84 ± 0.03	3.86 ± 0.06	3.79 ± 0.21	4.50 ± 0.01
Kidney-body weight ratio (%)	0.75 ± 0.02	0.80 ± 0.02	0.82 ± 0.03	0.78 ± 0.01

Data are means ± SEM ( = 6). Values carrying superscripts are significantly different () from the control.