Research Article

A 56-Day Oral Toxicity Study of the Aqueous Extract of Rapanea melanophloeos (L.) Mez in Rats

Table 1

Effect of the aqueous extract of Rapanea melanophloeos on organ weight indices of rats dosed for 56 days.

OrganControl100 mg/kg300 mg/kg1000 mg/kg

Liver
Spleen
Kidney
Heart
Thymus
Adrenals
Testes
Ovaries

The values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation ( animals/sex/dose). Significant difference from control group (, one-way ANOVA followed by Fisher’s PLSD post hoc test); organ weight index = (actual organ weight/final body weight) × 100.