| Treatment |
Percent Relative Organ Weight (g/100g) |
| |
Liver |
Kidney |
Lungs |
Heart |
Testis |
Brain |
Spleen |
Eyes |
| Control (Oral) |
5.30 ±0.31 |
0.92 ±0.02 |
1.37 ±0.23 |
0.49 ±0.07 |
1.73 ±0.11 |
1.17 ±0.07 |
0.62 ±0.06 |
0.22 ±0.04 |
| C. pareira |
5.09 ±0.19 |
0.98 ±0.02* |
1.07 ±0.10 |
0.47 ±0.01 |
1.79 ±0.15 |
1.25 ±0.03 |
0.75 ±0.08 |
0.26 ±0.02 |
| Control (IP) |
4.73 ±0.22 |
0.84 ±0.03 |
1.07 ±0.08 |
0.38 ±0.03 |
1.34 ±0.11 |
1.17 ±0.09 |
0.40 ±0.05 |
0.14 ±0.01 |
| C. pareira |
9.48 ±0.41* |
1.07 ±0.11* |
1.28 ±0.09 |
1.58 ±0.11* |
0.50 ±0.02* |
1.10 ±0.10 |
1.06 ±0.11* |
0.16 ±0.01* |
|
| Results are expressed as Mean ± Standard Deviation (SD) for three animals in each treatment; *p<0.05 is considered significant when the mean of the control animals is significantly different from that of the extract treated animals by t-test. |
| Table 4: Effects of oral administration of aqueous extracts of C. pareira at 1 g/kg body weight daily in rats for 28 days on the percent relative organ weight |
