Research Article
Acute and Subchronic Toxicological Evaluation of the Herbal Product HAD-B1 in Rats
Table 3
Absolute organ weights of male rats treated with HAD-B1 for a 13-week period.
| Group | Liver | Kidney | Heart | Brain | Spleen | Testis | Epididymis | PG | SG | Lung | Thymus | Adrenal gland | Pituitary gland | L | R | L | R | L | R | L | R |
| Male | G1 (0) | Mean | 13.20 | 1.69 | 1.66 | 1.69 | 2.20 | 0.82 | 1.76 | 1.75 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 0.97 | 0.84 | 1.81 | 0.40 | 0.039 | 0.036 | 0.019 | SD | 1.42 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.004 | 0.006 | 0.006 | G2 (500) | Mean | 13.39 | 1.71 | 1.73 | 1.72 | 2.23 | 0.89 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.95 | 0.83 | 1.90 | 0.44 | 0.038 | 0.033 | 0.018 | SD | 1.86 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.011 | 0.009 | 0.004 | G3 (1000) | Mean | 13.06 | 1.71 | 1.73 | 1.62 | 2.29 | 0.86 | 1.77 | 1.79 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 1.91 | 0.44 | 0.036 | 0.033 | 0.019 | SD | 1.93 | 0.17 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.09∗ | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.005 | G4 (2000) | Mean | 14.56 | 1.80 | 1.81 | 1.82 | 2.27 | 0.90 | 1.74 | 1.76 | 0.88 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 2.00 | 0.51 | 0.037 | 0.039 | 0.017 | SD | 1.57 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.27 | 0.12 | 0.26 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.004 |
| Group | Liver | Kidney | Heart | Brain | Spleen | S.G | Lung | Thymus | Uterus | Adrenal gland | Ovary | Pituitary gland | L | R | L | R | L | R |
| Female | G1 (0) | Mean | 7.28 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 2.04 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 1.37 | 0.32 | 0.86 | 0.041 | 0.040 | 0.057 | 0.057 | 0.023 | SD | 0.63 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.28 | 0.004 | 0.004 | 0.019 | 0.017 | 0.006 | G2 (500) | Mean | 6.99 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 1.98 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 1.33 | 0.34 | 0.80 | 0.043 | 0.040 | 0.054 | 0.099 | 0.024 | SD | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 0.009 | 0.007 | 0.013 | 0.159 | 0.007 | G3 (1000) | Mean | 7.22 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 2.04 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 1.37 | 0.32 | 0.73 | 0.042 | 0.041 | 0.051 | 0.051 | 0.025 | SD | 0.86 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.009 | 0.008 | 0.014 | 0.019 | 0.006 | G4 (2000) | Mean | 7.64 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 1.05 | 2.05 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 1.43 | 0.34 | 0.72 | 0.041 | 0.044 | 0.049 | 0.060 | 0.052 | SD | 0.75 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.010 | 0.012 | 0.080 |
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Number of animals: 10; SD: standard deviation; PG: prostate gland; SG: salivary gland; unit: g. Significant difference as compared with control, . |