Safety Assessment of Water-Extract Sericin from Silkworm (Bombyx mori) Cocoons Using Different Model Approaches

Table 7

Relative organ weights of rats treated with sericin extract for 90 days.

Dose (mg/kg)	Liver	Kidneys	Spleen	Testes/ovaries	Brain	Heart	Thymus	Adrenal	Epididymis/uterus
Male
1000
500
250
Control
Female
1000
500
250
Control

Note: The values represent the of 10 rats. . The values of the treatment groups did not differ statistically from the control according to one-way ANOVA at .