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International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 9 Relative organ weight ratio of rats administered methanol extract of Zingiber officinale

From: In-vitro antioxidants, antimicrobial and toxicological evaluation of Nigerian Zingiber officinale

GROUPS

Liver

Heart

Intestine

Lungs

Kidney

Spleen

75 mg/kg b.wt MZO

2.04 ± 0.56a

0.39 ± 0.00a

2.42 ± 0.17a

0.75 ± 0.01a

0.96 ± 0.02a

0.39 ± 0.12a

150 mg/kg b.wt MZO

2.19 ± 0.29a

0.42 ± 0.01a

2.02 ± 0.01a

0.78 ± 0.01a

0.99 ± 0.00a

0.42 ± 0.21a

300 mg/kg b.wt MZO

2.01 ± .0.24a

0.38 ± 0.03a

2.01 ± 0.04a

0.80 ± 0.02a

0.98 ± 0.01a

0.44 ± 0.09a

500 mg/kg b.wt MZO

2.57 ± .0.22a

0.42 ± 0.01a

2.02 ± 0.15a

0.79 ± 0.03a

0.92 ± 0.00a

0.39 ± 0.44a

CONTROL

2.34 ± 0.13a

0.41 ± 0.02a

2.34 ± 0.25a

0.84 ± 0.00a

0.93 ± 0.00a

0.37 ± 0.01a

  1. Values are mean ± SEM of 5 determinations. Values along the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05)