Variables |
Control |
Arsenic |
Arsenic + THC |
THC |
Body weight |
Initial (g) |
184±2.62 |
189 ± 6.21 |
191 ± 5.46 |
187 ± 7.02 |
Final (g) |
216 ± 9.88 |
162 ± 7.45 |
195 ± 10.24 |
218 ± 8.46 |
Body weight gain (%) |
15.78 |
5.95 |
12.46 |
16.07 |
Food intake (g/100 g bw/day) |
22.15 ± 2.06a |
17.34 ± 0.72b |
19.56 ± 1.18c |
25.02 ± 0.78a |
Water intake (mL/rat/day) |
17.13 ± 1.22a |
11.04 ± 1.78b |
14.47 ± 1.14c |
18.43 ± 0.68a |
Organ-body weight ratio (%) liver |
2.41 ± 0.64a |
3.52 ± 0.58b |
3.07 ± 1.42c |
3.76 ± 0.59a |
Values are expressed mean ± SD for six rats in each group;
a, b and cValues are not sharing a common superscript letter (a, b and c) differ significantly at p<0.05 (DMRT). |