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Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 2 Effects of J. carnea leaf ethanol extract on the weight of liver and kidney

From: Safety assessment of oral administration of ethanol extract of Justicia carnea leaf in healthy wistar rats: hematology, antioxidative and histology studies

Group

Weight of Organs (grams)

Liver

Kidney

Control (1 ml dH2O)

5.47 ± 0.21

1.19 ± 0.06

50 (mg/kg)

8.18 ± 0.25*

1.30 ± 0.05

100 (mg/kg)

7.05 ± 0.30*

1.22 ± 0.01

500 (mg/kg)

6.10 ± 0.46

1.10 ± 0.04

800 (mg/kg)

5.95 ± 0.69

0.85 ± 0.06*

1200 (mg/kg)

4.37 ± 0.33

0.88 ± 0.05

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SEM, n = 5 determinations. Values with asterisk (*) in the same column indicate significant difference (p < 0.05) compared to control
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