Research Article

Acute and Subchronic Toxicological Study of the Cocktail Extract from Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb, Phyllanthus niruri L. and Morinda citrifolia L.

Table 2

Body weight, organ weights, and relative organ weights of female rats treated orally with CECPM for 90 days.

ParametersGroups
ControlCECPM (600 mg/kg bw)CECPM (800 mg/kg bw)CECPM (1000 mg/kg bw)Satellite
ControlCECPM (1000 mg/kg bw)

Body weight
 Initial weight (g)181.62 ± 25.05191.50 ± 25.53185.52 ± 19.61176.53 ± 22.65195.08 ± 18.92186.27 ± 16.92
 Final weight (g)226.33 ± 29.26230.04 ± 22.03226.69 ± 18.60215.97 ± 27.26245.27 ± 21.88236.26 ± 16.70
 Bogy weight gain (g)44.71 ± 19.8738.54 ± 13.0641.17 ± 21.0942.31 ± 16.0050.19 ± 21.1349.99 ± 15.46
 Food intake (g)20.68 ± 2.6820.92 ± 1.7720.35 ± 2.0821.13 ± 2.6721.25 ± 1.6219.98 ± 1.77
Organ weight
 Kidney (g)1.47 ± 0.201.55 ± 0.271.48 ± 0.191.39 ± 0.161.55 ± 0.201.49 ± 0.11
 Liver (g)6.14 ± 1.026.63 ± 0.946.25 ± 0.755.99 ± 0.766.50 ± 0.696.60 ± 0.71
 Spleen (g)0,50 ± 0.070.48 ± 0.080.43 ± 0.060.51 ± 0.130.49 ± 0.080.44 ± 0.08
 Heart (g)0.79 ± 0.090.79 ± 0.140.76 ± 0.090.78 ± 0.090.84 ± 0.090.82 ± 0.08
 Lung (g)2.31 ± 0.592.45 ± 0.632.18 ± 0.662.28 ± 0.812.27 ± 0.652.07 ± 0.81
Relative organ weight
 Kidney (%)0.65 ± 0.030.67 ± 0.080.65 ± 0.040.65 ± 0.040.63 ± 0.070.63 ± 0.02
 Liver (%)2.71 ± 0.222.87 ± 0.172.75 ± 0.162.78 ± 0.142.66 ± 0.252.80 ± 0.24
 Spleen (%)0.22 ± 0.020.21 ± 0.030.19 ± 0.02a0.24 ± 0.050.20 ± 0.030.18 ± 0.03
 Heart (%)0.35 ± 0.030.21 ± 0.030.34 ± 0.030.36 ± 0.030.34 ± 0.030.35 ± 0.04
 Lung (%)1.03 ± 0.301.07 ± 0.270.96 ± 0.261.05 ± 0.330.93 ± 0.270.87 ± 0.33

Data are expressed as the means ± SD of ten animals in each group. a compared to the control group.