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