Research Article
Acute, Subacute, and Genotoxicity Assessments of a Proprietary Blend of Garcinia mangostana Fruit Rind and Cinnamomum tamala Leaf Extracts (CinDura®)
Table 5
Effect of oral administration of GMCT on absolute and relative organ weights of male Wistar rats.
| Organs | Primary groups Dose (mg/kg/day) | Reversal groups Dose (mg/kg/day) | 0 (G1) | 250 (G2) | 500 (G3) | 1000 (G4) | 0 (G1R) | 1000 (G4R) |
| Liver | Absolute weight (g) | 10.98 ± 1.26 | 11.69 ± 1.04 | 11.05 ± 1.59 | 10.27 ± 1.57 | 10.74 ± 1.20 | 10.25 ± 1.30 | % body weight | 3.29 ± 0.25 | 3.48 ± 0.34 | 3.28 ± 0.25 | 3.14 ± 0.28 | 2.90 ± 0.10 | 2.87 ± 0.23 | Kidney | Absolute weight (g) | 2.33 ± 0.24 | 2.35 ± 0.14 | 2.38 ± 0.37 | 2.24 ± 0.24 | 2.44 ± 0.26 | 2.31 ± 0.20 | % body weight | 0.70 ± 0.04 | 0.70 ± 0.03 | 0.71 ± 0.05 | 0.69 ± 0.05 | 0.66 ± 0.05 | 0.65 ± 0.03 | Adrenals | Absolute weight (g) | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.00 | % body weight | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | Heart | Absolute weight (g) | 1.09 ± 0.13 | 1.11 ± 0.15 | 1.09 ± 0.15 | 0.98 ± 0.06 | 1.02 ± 0.07 | 1.02 ± 0.08 | % body weight | 0.33 ± 0.04 | 0.33 ± 0.04 | 0.32 ± 0.03 | 0.3 ± 0.02 | 0.28 ± 0.01 | 0.29 ± 0.02 | Brain | Absolute weight (g) | 2.01 ± 0.14 | 1.95 ± 0.07 | 1.98 ± 0.11 | 2.01 ± 0.09 | 2.07 ± 0.05 | 2.03 ± 0.15 | % body weight | 0.60 ± 0.02 | 0.58 ± 0.04 | 0.59 ± 0.04 | 0.62 ± 0.04 | 0.56 ± 0.04 | 0.57 ± 0.03 | Spleen | Absolute weight (g) | 0.68 ± 0.08 | 0.99 ± 0.60 | 0.61 ± 0.09 | 0.68 ± 0.07 | 0.70 ± 0.08 | 0.67 ± 0.12 | % body weight | 0.20 ± 0.01 | 0.30 ± 0.19 | 0.18 ± 0.02 | 0.21 ± 0.02 | 0.19 ± 0.01 | 0.19 ± 0.03 | Thymus | Absolute weight (g) | 0.44 ± 0.07 | 0.39 ± 0.07 | 0.38 ± 0.11 | 0.41 ± 0.10 | 0.35 ± 0.03 | 0.31 ± 0.04 | % body weight | 0.13 ± 0.02 | 0.12 ± 0.02 | 0.11 ± 0.03 | 0.12 ± 0.02 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | Testes | Absolute weight (g) | 3.59 ± 0.35 | 3.39 ± 0.30 | 3.44 ± 0.41 | 3.24 ± 0.46 | 3.61 ± 0.23 | 3.71 ± 0.19 | % body weight | 1.08 ± 0.08 | 1.01 ± 0.07 | 1.02 ± 0.10 | 0.99 ± 0.11 | 0.98 ± 0.13 | 1.04 ± 0.04 | Epididymides | Absolute weight (g) | 1.11 ± 0.12 | 1.07 ± 0.09 | 1.03 ± 0.15 | 0.96 ± 0.17 | 1.21 ± 0.14 | 1.26 ± 0.08 | % body weight | 0.33 ± 0.03 | 0.32 ± 0.04 | 0.31 ± 0.02 | 0.29 ± 0.04 | 0.33 ± 0.05 | 0.35 ± 0.02 | Seminal vesicles and prostate | Absolute weight (g) | 2.07 ± 0.32 | 2.32 ± 0.43 | 2.15 ± 0.41 | 2.10 ± 0.11 | 2.17 ± 0.18 | 2.23 ± 0.26 | % body weight | 0.62 ± 0.10 | 0.69 ± 0.15 | 0.64 ± 0.13 | 0.65 ± 0.08 | 0.59 ± 0.07 | 0.63 ± 0.09 |
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n = 5; data are present as mean ± SD; no significance.
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