Research Article
Safety Evaluation of the Polyherbal Formulation NawaTab: Acute and Subacute Oral Toxicity Studies in Rats
Table 4
Relative organ weight (g/100 g BW) of NawaTab-treated rats in the subacute toxicity study.
| | Parameters | Control | NawaTab (mg/kg BW) | | 250 | 500 | 1000 |
| | Males | | Thymus gland | 0.20 ± 0.02 | 0.20 ± 0.02 | 0.18 ± 0.02 | 0.20 ± 0.02 | | Heart | 0.30 ± 0.01 | 0.30 ± 0.00 | 0.31 ± 0.01 | 0.30 ± 0.00 | | Lung | 0.38 ± 0.01 | 0.41 ± 0.01 | 0.41 ± 0.01 | 0.40 ± 0.01 | | Liver | 3.41 ± 0.03 | 3.50 ± 0.11 | 3.50 ± 0.09 | 3.35 ± 0.10 | | Kidney | 0.78 ± 0.02 | 0.80 ± 0.01 | 0.80 ± 0.01 | 0.79 ± 0.03 | | Spleen | 0.21 ± 0.01 | 0.20 ± 0.01 | 0.20 ± 0.03 | 0.23 ± 0.01 | | Testis | 1.03 ± 0.02 | 1.07 ± 0.03 | 1.13 ± 0.03 | 1.10 ± 0.03 | | Prostate gland | 0.23 ± 0.01 | 0.21 ± 0.01 | 0.21 ± 0.01 | 0.21 ± 0.02 | | Epididymis | 0.21 ± 0.02 | 0.22 ± 0.01 | 0.24 ± 0.00 | 0.24 ± 0.01 | | Vas deferens | 0.05 ± 0.00 | 0.05 ± 0.00 | 0.05 ± 0.00 | 0.05 ± 0.00 |
| | Females | | Thymus gland | 0.21 ± 0.01 | 0.22 ± 0.01 | 0.21 ± 0.01 | 0.22 ± 0.02 | | Heart | 0.31 ± 0.01 | 0.32 ± 0.00 | 0.32 ± 0.01 | 0.32 ± 0.01 | | Lung | 0.45 ± 0.01 | 0.46 ± 0.02 | 0.50 ± 0.05 | 0.43 ± 0.01 | | Liver | 3.49 ± 0.07 | 3.66 ± 0.14 | 3.45 ± 0.07 | 3.64 ± 0.06 | | Kidney | 0.83 ± 0.02 | 0.83 ± 0.04 | 0.83 ± 0.02 | 0.80 ± 0.02 | | Spleen | 0.23 ± 0.01 | 0.24 ± 0.01 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | 0.23 ± 0.01 | | Ovary | 0.06 ± 0.00 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.00 | 0.06 ± 0.00 | | Uterus | 0.23 ± 0.04 | 0.22 ± 0.01 | 0.30 ± 0.05 | 0.30 ± 0.06 |
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Data are expressed as the mean ± S.E.M., n = 5 animals/sex/group.
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