Research Article
Safety Evaluation of a New Traditional Chinese Medical Formula, Ciji-Hua’ai-Baosheng II Formula, in Adult Rodent Models
Table 8
ROW indices (g/g) of rats treated with CHB-II-F for 4 weeks in the sub-chronic toxicity test.
| Organ | Dose (g/kg) | Control | 26.20 | 13.10 | 6.55 |
| Male | | Brain | 0.58±0.04 | 0.72±0.15 | 0.54±0.05 | 0.56±0.02 | Heart | 0.28±0.02 | 0.42±0.09 | 0.34±0.03 | 0.31±0.02 | Liver | 2.69±0.23 | 2.72±0.06 | 2.46±0.08 | 2.35±0.11 | Spleen | 0.20±0.02 | 0.25±0.03 | 0.18±0.02 | 0.20±0.01 | Lung | 0.63±0.09 | 0.75±0.15 | 0.85±0.36 | 0.69±0.15 | Kidney | 0.64±0.03 | 0.66±0.02 | 0.65±0.04 | 0.63±0.03 | Thymus | 0.13±0.01 | 0.18±0.04 | 0.16±0.04 | 0.15±0.03 | Adrenal glands | 0.02±0.02 | 0.02±0.01 | 0.02±0.03 | 0.02±0.01 | Testes | 0.50±0.04 | 0.51±0.03 | 0.53±0.05 | 0.46±0.03 | Epididymis | 0.13±0.02 | 0.13±0.01 | 0.11±0.04 | 0.13±0.02 | bladder | 0.05±0.05 | 0.06±0.03 | 0.04±0.01 | 0.04±0.01 | Female | | Brain | 0.78±0.03 | 0.79±0.03 | 0.82±0.02 | 0.79±0.02 | Heart | 0.32±0.02 | 0.31±0.02 | 0.32±0.02 | 0.29±0.02 | Liver | 2.77±0.14 | 2.67±0.06 | 2.85±0.12 | 2.85±0.13 | Spleen | 0.24±0.03 | 0.22±0.02 | 0.27±0.03 | 0.29±0.02 | Lung | 0.70±0.05 | 0.93±0.15 | 0.61±0.04 | 0.85±0.26 | Kidney | 0.67±0.51 | 0.62±0.03 | 0.63±0.01 | 0.63±0.02 | Thymus | 0.19±0.03 | 0.19±0.04 | 0.13±0.01 | 0.16±0.04 | Adrenal glands | 0.03±0.05 | 0.03±0.03 | 0.03±0.04 | 0.03±0.01 | Uterus | 0.13±0.01 | 0.14±0.02 | 0.15±0.01 | 0.14±0.01 | Ovary | 0.03±0.01 | 0.04±0.01 | 0.03±0.01 | 0.04±0.01 | bladder | 0.06±0.01 | 0.06±0.01 | 0.06±0.02 | 0.07±0.02 |
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Note: Data were presented as the mean ±SD from 12 rats. Statistical analysis: P < 0.05, P < 0.01 compared with control group (untreated controls). |