Research Article
Safety Assessment of Ubiquinol Acetate: Subchronic Toxicity and Genotoxicity Studies
Table 6
Effect of ubiquinol acetate on mean body weight gain (%).
| Duration (Weeks) | Sex | Group & Dose (mg/kg body weight) | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G1R | G4R | 0 | 150 | 300 | 600 | 0 | 600 |
| 1 | Male | 33.57 ± 2.78 | 32.07 ± 3.25 | 32.38 ± 3.03 | 33.89 ± 4.74 | 33.79 ± 2.81 | 34.56 ± 1.73 | Female | 21.66 ± 5.11 | 18.55 ± 5.12 | 18.41 ± 4.42 | 20.34 ± 7.92 | 17.92 ± 4.32 | 21.23 ± 4.89 |
| 5 | Male | 117.76 ± 8.92 | 111.86 ± 20.18 | 114.20 ± 9.91 | 117.73 ± 19.00 | 117.59 ± 18.68 | 119.14 ± 5.95 | Female | 53.21 ± 7.98 | 49.24 ± 6.68 | 52.34 ± 6.31 | 56.37 ± 8.10 | 55.15 ± 12.11 | 57.96 ± 9.53 |
| 9 | Male | 155.19 ± 13.63 | 144.19 ± 28.58 | 148.05 ± 12.17 | 155.12 ± 26.99 | 151.72 ± 25.47 | 150.03 ± 17.40 | Female | 79.38 ± 12.25 | 73.12 ± 9.25 | 82.19 ± 11.95 | 77.60 ± 9.00 | 84.14 ± 14.98 | 83.03 ± 11.99 |
| 13 | Male | 174.36 ± 16.57 | 166.61 ± 33.70 | 168.17 ± 12.89 | 174.14 ± 31.09 | 168.81 ± 24.19 | 172.71 ± 21.19 | Female | 85.17 ± 15.08 | 78.90 ± 12.56 | 86.19 ± 13.51 | 84.46 ± 11.19 | 88.71 ± 20.10 | 97.93 ± 15.37 |
| 15 | Male | - | - | - | - | 175.10 ± 23.79 | 179.42 ± 20.88 | Female | - | - | - | - | 87.00 ± 20.58 | 97.85± 10.41 |
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Mean ± SD for 10 rats/sex/group (G1, G2, G3, G4) and 5 rats/sex/group (G1R, G4R).
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