Subacute Toxicity Effects of the Aqueous Shoot Extract of Yushania alpina (K. Schum.) W.C.Lin in Sprague Dawley Rats: An Appraisal of Its Safety in Ethnomedicinal Usage

Table 6

Selected organ weights.

Treatment group	Organ weights
	Liver	Spleen	Kidney (L)	Kidney (R)
Male rats
Control	8.53 ± 0.49^a	1.08 ± 0.09^a	0.91 ± 0.09^a	0.90 ± 0.08^a
40 mg/Kg BW of Y. alpina	8.54 ± 0.59^a	0.97 ± 0.08^a	0.89 ± 0.06^ab	0.89 ± 0.07^a
200 mg/Kg BW of Y. alpina	8.06 ± 0.68^a	1.16 ± 0.11^a	0.89 ± 0.05^ab	0.84 ± 0.04^a
1000 mg/Kg BW of Y. alpina	7.99 ± 0.55^a	1.20 ± 0.10^a	0.85 ± 0.05^ab	0.88 ± 0.04^a
Female rats
Control	8.13 ± 0.28^a	1.02 ± 0.08^a	0.88 ± 0.02^ab	0.88 ± 0.02^a
40 mg/Kg BW of Y. alpina	7.25 ± 0.51^a	0.85 ± 0.11^a	0.74 ± 0.05^ab	0.74 ± 0.08^a
200 mg/Kg BW of Y. alpina	6.25 ± 0.57^a	0.95 ± 0.06^a	0.67 ± 0.03^b	0.72 ± 0.03^a
1000 mg/Kg BW of Y. alpina	7.12 ± 0.59^a	0.90 ± 0.04^a	0.73 ± 0.02^ab	0.68 ± 0.02^a

Values are expressed as of replicate experiments. Means with similar superscript alphabets within the same column are not significantly different (, One-Way ANOVA with Tukey’s Post hoc); control group rats received distilled water (10 ml/Kg BW; p.o).