Organ | Relative organ weight changes (g/100g body weight) | |||
| Group | Both male & female | Male | Female |
Heart | Control | 0.36 ± 0.02 | 0.37 ± 0.03 | 0.34 ± 0.02 |
1 mg/Kg bwt | 0.41 ± 0.01 (0.57) | 0.40 ± 0.02 (0.97) | 0.43 ± 0.02 (0.55) | |
5 mg/Kg bwt | 0.43 ± 0.02 (0.33) | 0.44 ± 0.02 (0.73) | 0.42 ± 0.03 (0.61) | |
20 mg/Kg bwt | 0.50 ± 0.02 (0.01*) | 0.48 ± 0.01 (0.24) | 0.49 ± 0.05 (0.06) | |
5000 mg/Kg bwt | 0.48 ± 0.09 (0.10) | 0.52 ± 0.20 (0.25) | 0.43 ± 0.03 (0.65) | |
ANOVA values | 0.01* | 0.16 | 0.11 | |
Kidney | Control | 0.38 ± 0.02 | 0.37 ± 0.02 | 0.40 ± 0.05 |
1 mg/Kg bwt | 0.46 ± 0.02 (0.04*) | 0.48 ± 0.02 (0.03*) | 0.44 ± 0.01 (0.84) | |
5 mg/Kg bwt | 0.45 ± 0.01 (0.14) | 0.44 ± 0.01 (0.23) | 0.45 ± 0.01 (0.69) | |
20 mg/Kg bwt | 0.49 ± 0.02 (< 0.001) | 0.45 ± 0.02 (0.11) | 0.54 ± 0.03 (0.03*) | |
5000 mg/Kg bwt | 0.49 ± 0.05 (0.03*) | 0.48 ± 0.09 (0.11) | 0.50 ± 0.07 (0.34) | |
ANOVA values | 0.004* | 0.04* | 0.04* | |
Lung | Control | 0.74 ± 0.07 | 0.63 ± 0.04 | 0.88 ± 0.12 |
1 mg/Kg bwt | 0.89 ± 0.05 (0.66) | 0.89 ± 0.07 (0.01*) | 0.89 ± 0.07 (1.00) | |
5 mg/Kg bwt | 0.93 ± 0.09 (0.43) | 0.74 ± 0.04 (0.49) | 1.11 ± 0.15 (0.73) | |
20 mg/Kg bwt | 0.86 ± 0.07 (0.80) | 0.74 ± 0.03 (0.48) | 1.00 ± 0.13 (0.96) | |
5000 mg/Kg bwt | 0.92 ± 0.09 (0.68) | 0.79 ± 0.07 (0.42) | 1.06 ± 0.11 (0.94) | |
ANOVA values | 0.50 | 0.02* | 0.67 | |
Liver | Control | 4.08 ± 0.14 | 4.06 ± 0.18 | 4.10 ± 0.28 |
1 mg/Kg bwt | 4.05 ± 0.11 (1.00) | 3.95 ± 0.09 (0.99) | 4.21 ± 0.27 (1.00) | |
5 mg/Kg bwt | 3.87 ± 0.11 (0.86) | 3.67 ± 0.11 (0.56) | 4.06 ± 0.16 (1.00) | |
20 mg/Kg bwt | 4.29 ± 0.16 (0.84) | 4.03 ± 0.23 (1.00) | 4.60 ± 0.11 (0.52) | |
5000 mg/Kg bwt | 4.09 ± 0.31 (1.00) | 3.74 ± 0.01 (0.86) | 4.45 ± 0.58 (0.90) | |
ANOVA values | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.33 |