Effects of Hibiscus sabdariffa Calyxes Aqueous Extract on Antioxidant Status and Histopathology in Mammary Tumor-Induced in Rats

Table 4

Effects of H. sabdariffa calyxes extract on relative organs weight after 21 week post-DMBA exposition.

Organs	NOR	DMBA	TAMOX + DMBA	H. sabdariffa + DMBA
				125	250	500
Uterine	2517.0 ± 312.06	1867.47 ± 131.61	1032.97 ± 199.50##	1811.10 ± 197.86	2204.23 ± 386.86	1691.15 ± 141.83
Liver	29697.76 ± 1569.34	42407.24 ± 4253.22##	33985.34 ± 2625.25	29806.26 ± 1225.70	31352.18 ± 1537.51	36822.72 ± 3116.72
Lungs	7887.11 ± 344.40	8149.09 ± 1116.20	8611.82 ± 657.17	7671.48 ± 282.42	7129.66 ± 387.71	7903.38 ± 532.89
Spleen	4414.18 ± 447.39	7697.48 ± 1567.35#	4024.03 ± 439.86	4329.94 ± 481.87	4773.63 ± 841.83	4777.12 ± 470.16
Adrenals	270.08 ± 31.58	283.03 ± 54.30	345.58 ± 33.04	266.61 ± 19.90	338.28 ± 63.88	340.04 ± 43.08
Kidneys	5273.57 ± 390.12	7332.25 ± 494.29#	6376.41 ± 695.44	5897.14 ± 273.38	5393.40 ± 219.80	6052.97 ± 697.75
Femur	2586.22 ± 159.75	3572.48 ± 246.80#	3743.98 ± 354.19##	2475.88 ± 104.93	2213.30 ± 147.42	2984.02 ± 170.64
Brain	7925.13 ± 533.72	10437.82 ± 785.13#	10563.13 ± 994.40#	8883.24 ± 360.96	8178.20 ± 380.03	9120.69 ± 512.67
Ovaries	560.04 ± 92.23	528.24 ± 33.72	474.80 ± 71.28	656.40 ± 80.77	548.23 ± 92.59	505.45 ± 146.32