Toxicologic Assessment of a Commercial Decolorized Whole Leaf Aloe Vera Juice, Lily of the Desert Filtered Whole Leaf Juice with Aloesorb

Table 2

Selected organ weights of B6C3F1 mice administered aloe juice by gavage.

3 days post aloe	Male control	Aloe male	Control female	Aloe female
Mortalities	0/6	0/6	0/6	0/6
Abnormal clinical signs	0/6	0/6	0/6	0/6
Gross abnormalities	0/6	0/6	0/6	0/6
Weight change % init. b.wt.	0.115 ± 1.03	0.868 ± 2.15	4.12 ± 2.83	3.87 ± 2.05
Relative organ weight^∧
Liver relative weight	4.58 ± 0.240	4.35 ± 0.113	5.01 ± 0.173	4.97 ± 0.315
Kidney (rt)	0.769 ± 0.072	0.750 ± 0.029	0.724 ± 0.047	0.679 ± 0.048
Heart	0.460 ± 0.046	0.473 ± 0.044	0.480 ± 0.025	0.498 ± 0.056
Lung	0.592 ± 0.088	0.578 ± 0.062	0.667 ± 0.033	0.663 ± 0.069
Testicle (rt)	0.390 ± 0.044	0.371 ± 0.017	—	—
14 days post aloe
Mortalities	0/6	0/6	0/6	0/6
Abnormal clinical signs	0/6	0/6	0/6	0/6
Gross abnormalities	0/6	0/6	0/6	0/6
Weight Change % init. b.wt.	3.36 ± 2.91	6.37 ± 0.772	7.18 ± 2.65	6.85 ± 3.46
Relative organ weight^∧
Liver	4.85 ± 0.252	4.65 ± 0.108	5.21 ± 0.372	4.74 ± 0.388
Kidney (rt)	0.769 ± 0.072	0.750 ± 0.029	0.724 ± 0.047	0.679 ± 0.048
Heart	0.487 ± 0.077	0.442 ± 0.037	0.585 ± 0.063	0.482 ± 0.061
Lung	0.633 ± 0.080	0.614 ± 0.650	0.725 ± 0.075	0.662 ± 0.053
Testicle (rt)	0.390 ± 0.044	0.371 ± 0.017	—	—

Values presented as mean ± s.d.
^∧Relative organ weights are expressed as a percent of body weight.