Table 5 |
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Mean organ weights of male and female rats that consumed PGX® for 90 days |
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Organ |
Control |
1.25% |
2.5% |
5.0% |
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Males |
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Brain |
1.98 ± 0.12 |
1.97 ± 0.06 |
2.00 ± 0.12 |
1.99 ± 0.10 |
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Heart |
1.42 ± 0.13 |
1.46 ± 0.09 |
1.41 ± 0.11 |
1.43 ± 0.10 |
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Kidneys (paired) |
3.09 ± 0.23 |
2.90 ± 0.20 |
2.91 ± 0.23 |
2.89 ± 0.21 |
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Liver |
11.11 ± 1.10 |
11.12 ± 0.89 |
11.62 ± 1.29 |
11.76 ± 0.68 |
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Spleen |
0.81 ± 0.15 |
0.76 ± 0.08 |
0.75 ± 0.07 |
0.81 ± 0.07 |
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Testes (paired) |
4.03 ± 0.32 |
4.04 ± 0.27 |
4.01 ± 0.25 |
4.08 ± 0.19 |
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Adrenals (paired) |
0.063 ± 0.008 |
0.058 ± 0.0101 |
0.061 ± 0.0101 |
0.061 ± 0.004 |
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Epididymides |
1.571 ± 0.123 |
1.596 ± 0.188 |
1.663 ± 0.219 |
1.739 ± 0.137 |
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Thymus |
0.314 ± 0.045 |
0.358 ± 0.061 |
0.322 ± 0.049 |
0.294 ± 0.080 |
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Females |
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Brain |
1.79 ± 0.14 |
1.88 ± 0.07 |
1.92 ± 0.13 |
1.88 ± 0.07 |
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Heart |
0.93 ± 0.09 |
0.97 ± 0.08 |
0.96 ± 0.07 |
0.93 ± 0.06 |
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Kidneys (paired) |
1.84 ± 0.09 |
1.86 ± 0.18 |
1.85 ± 0.13 |
1.78 ± 0.10 |
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Liver |
6.34 ± 0.58 |
6.70 ± 0.84 |
6.51 ± 0.40 |
6.50 ± 0.38 |
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Spleen |
0.62 ± 0.09 |
0.66 ± 0.13 |
0.64 ± 0.07 |
0.58 ± 0.07 |
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Uterus |
0.65 ± 0.16 |
0.77 ± 0.23 |
0.67 ± 0.19 |
0.66 ± 0.18 |
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Adrenals (paired) |
0.069 ± 0.009 |
0.071 ± 0.006 |
0.073 ± 0.010 |
0.073 ± 0.009 |
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Ovaries |
0.118 ± 0.024 |
0.129 ± 0.029 |
0.140 ± 0.048 |
0.135 ± 0.042 |
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Thymus |
0.219 ± 0.0411 |
0.250 ± 0.061 |
0.254 ± 0.049 |
0.253 ± 0.054 |
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1Mean and standard deviation for 9 animals |
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Matulka et al. Nutrition Journal 2009 8:1 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-8-1 |
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