Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 2 Weight of organs of male and female rats treated for 14 days with different amounts of PPSB extract

From: Carbohydrate digestive enzymes are inhibited by Poincianella pluviosa stem bark extract: relevance on type 2 diabetes treatment

	Weight (g) (mean ± SD)
	Organs	I Control	II 2.0 g/kg	III 3.0 g/kg	IV 4.0 g/kg	V 5.0 g/kg
Male	Spleen	0.63 ± 0.07	0.41 ± 0.08	0.58 ± 0.09	0.75 ± 0.11	0.61 ± 0.10
	Heart	0.57 ± 0.03	0.43 ± 0.03	0.47 ± 0.07	0.55 ± 0.02	0.53 ± 0.05
	Liver	5.72 ± 0.66	4.25 ± 0.51	4.67 ± 0.77	6.05 ± 0.72	5.75 ± 0.83
	Lungs	0.63 ± 0.09	0.68 ± 0.04	0.71 ± 0.06	0.74 ± 0.09	0.69 ± 0.10
	Kidney	1.57 ± 0.11	1.08 ± 0.09	1.20 ± 0.12	1.79 ± 0.17	1.51 ± 0.07
Female	Spleen	0.55 ± 0.07	0.57 ± 0.04	0.60 ± 0.10	0.56 ± 0.06	0.65 ± 0.09
	Heart	0.49 ± 0.06	0.78 ± 0.11	0.69 ± 0.11	0.46 ± 0.05	0.46 ± 0.05
	Liver	5.15 ± 0.36	5.81 ± 0.54	5.92 ± 0.98	5.76 ± 0.24	5.01 ± 0.64
	Lungs	0.68 ± 0.08	0.78 ± 0.07	0.65 ± 0.33	0.67 ± 0.10	0.74 ± 0.09
	Kidney	1.46 ± 0.14	1.93 ± 0.15	1.91 ± 0.32	1.31 ± 0.07	1.41 ± 0.18

Mean values are not significantly different (p ≥ 0.05), n = 5

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