Effects of Short Term Exposure of Atrazine on the Liver and Kidney of Normal and Diabetic Rats

Table 1

Effect of atrazine on the body weight and weights of the organs (liver and kidney).

Weight (in grams)	NC	NA	DC	DA
Initial body weight	163.33 ± 5.77	170.66 ± 5.13	140.00 ± 8.75	152.25 ± 5.90
Final body weight	242.33 ± 4.93	272.66 ± 14.18	193.25 ± 11.44	217.75 ± 6.75
Liver weight	7.81 ± 0.54	10.28 ± 0.68	8.29 ± 0.69	9.07 ± 0.78
Kidney weight	1.61 ± 0.16	1.79 ± 0.46	1.93 ± 0.28	1.79 ± 0.13
Blood glucose*	89.73 ± 1.05	90.89 ± 3.04	255.33 ± 9.60	268.67 ± 2.89

The data are represented as mean ± SD () and evaluated by one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) confirmed by Tukey’s test. NC normal control rats, NA atrazine treated rats, DC diabetic control rats, and DA atrazine treated diabetic rats. *Blood glucose level values are in mg/dL. Significant difference () is observed only in blood glucose levels of normal control rats and normal atrazine treated rats compared with diabetic control rats and diabetic atrazine treated rats.