Antioxidant and Antifatigue Properties of the Aqueous Extract of Moringa oleifera in Rats Subjected to Forced Swimming Endurance Test

Table 2

Effect of M. oleifera extract on relative organ weights of the rats.

Organ weight (% body weight)	Control	M. oleifera (100 mg/kg)	M. oleifera (200 mg/kg)	M. oleifera (400 mg/kg)
Heart	0.28 ± 0.04	0.30 ± 0.04	0.29 ± 0.05	0.34 ± 0.04
Liver	3.74 ± 0.27	3.24 ± 0.69	3.38 ± 0.24	3.53 ± 0.17
Lungs	0.73 ± 0.12	0.93 ± 0.23	0.89 ± 0.41	0.85 ± 0.07
Spleen	0.24 ± 0.06	0.32 ± 0.08	0.28 ± 0.17	0.34 ± 0.09
Left kidney	0.28 ± 0.03	0.27 ± 0.05	0.28 ± 0.03	0.31 ± 0.04
Right kidney	0.30 ± 0.02	0.26 ± 0.04	0.26 ± 0.05	0.32 ± 0.06
Left testis	0.50 ± 0.14	0.47 ± 0.08	0.61 ± 0.14	0.59 ± 0.08
Right testis	0.55 ± 0.14	0.44 ± 0.10	0.51 ± 0.07	0.59 ± 0.07
Fatty mass	1.65 ± 0.32	1.43 ± 0.55	2.27 ± 1.07	1.67 ± 0.37

Each value represents the mean ± SEM, . compared with control group.