Research Article
A 90-Day Oral Toxicity of Hydroethanolic Root Extract of Carissa spinarum in Wistar Rats
Table 2
Effect of the hydroethanolic extract of Carissa spinarum root on organs relative weight.
| Organs | Hydroethanolic root extract of C. spinarum | Control | 500 mg/kg | 1000 mg/kg |
| Liver | 3.043 ± 0.147 | 3.075 ± 0.225 | 2.892 ± 0.197 | Heart | 0.462 ± 0.032 | 0.442 ± 0.037 | 0.418 ± 0.017 | Kidney | 0.626 ± 0.021 | 0.665 ± 0.027 | 0.630 ± 0.028 | Spleen | 0.293 ± 0.020 | 0.266 ± 0.036 | 0.284 ± 0.028 | Testis | 1.078 ± 0.051 | 1.198 ± 0.201 | 1.014 ± 0.102 |
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Each value is a mean ± SEM, n = 8.
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