Research Article

Acute and Subacute Toxicity of Methanol Extract of Syzygium guineense Leaves on the Histology of the Liver and Kidney and Biochemical Compositions of Blood in Rats

Table 1

Effect of 80% methanol extract of S. guineense leaves on organ weights of rats during acute toxicity study.

Parameters DosesMean95% Confidence interval for meanP value
Lower BoundUpper Bound

Liver weight (g)Controls5.403.597.21.248
2000mg/kg5.985.166.79
5000mg/kg5.034.485.57

Kidney weight (g)Controls1.15.611.69.932
2000mg/kg1.10.921.28
5000mg/kg1.15.991.31

One way ANOVA, n= 4/group.