Groups Body weight of male rats (g) Body weight of female rats (g) Initial Final Change Initial Final Change TS-200M 130 ± 11.7 255.6 ± 11.01 125.6 158.4 ± 21.3 229.0 ± 9.28 70.6 TS-600M 117 ± 18.8 239.0 ± 14.3 122 106.4 ± 16.4 200.6 ± 4.41 94.2 TS-conM 111 ± 29.08 235.2 ± 12.63 124.2 129.6 ± 12.5 204.4 ± 14.01 74.8

Table 1: The mean body weight of rats treated with T. schimperi at different weeks and different doses. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM; *=p<0.05. TSc-200M: rats that received extract at dose of 200 mg/kg; TSc-600M: rats that received extract at dose of 600 mg/kg; TScconM: rats that received distilled water (control group).