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 2

Comparison of the effect of 80% methanol extract of the leaves of Syzygium guineense on body weight of treated and control rats during acute toxicity study.

Parameters	Doses	Mean ± SEM	Significance
Body weight initial week 1	Control	5.63 ± 5.63	0.91
	2000 mg/kg	126.83 ± 3.14
	5000 mg/kg	125.33 ± 3.04
Body weight week 2	Control	134.90 ± 7.65	0.89
	2000 mg/kg	131.23 ± 3.08
	5000 mg/kg	131.78 ± 5.68
Body weight week 3	Control	146.93 ± 9.30	0.93
	2000 mg/kg	145.73 ± 5.49
	5000 mg/kg	143.10 ± 6.80

Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, N= 4/group.