Groups |
Body weight |
Absolute liver weight (g) |
Relative liver weight (g/100g body weight) |
Initial (g) |
Final (g) |
% Change |
G1
(Control) |
159.0 ± 5.48ab |
213.8 ± 9.09cd |
34.5 ± 3.53c |
7.52 ± 0.51a |
3.51 ± 0.14a |
G2
(VC) |
163.8 ± 4.49b |
216.0 ± 5.15d |
31.9 ± 2.74bc |
7.85 ± 0.41a |
3.64 ± 0.20a |
G3
(SAC) |
158.8 ± 3.03ab |
209.6 ± 5.27bcd |
32.0 ± 3.62bc |
7.66 ± 0.40a |
3.66 ± 0.16a |
G4
(DM) |
163.2 ± 6.06b |
202.2 ± 8.47ab |
23.9 ± 1.84a |
8.98 ± 0.22b |
4.45 ± 0.20a |
G5
(DM+VC) |
154.4 ± 4.83a |
199.4 ± 7.60a |
29.1 ± 2.41b |
7.90 ± 0.14a |
3.96 ± 0.15b |
G6
(DM+SAC) |
159.5 ± 4.25ab |
204.9 ± 4.18abc |
28.5 ± 2.04b |
7.54 ± 0.33a |
3.68 ± 0.10a |
Each value is a mean of 6 rats ± SD; a, b, c, d values are not sharing superscripts letters (a, b, c, d) differ significantly at p<0.05; % of body weight change = [(final b.w t.–initial
b.wt.)/initial b.wt.] × 100. DM: Dimethoate; VC: vitamin C; SAC: Synthetic antioxidant compound |