Acute and Subchronic Toxic Effects of the Fruits of Physalis peruviana L.

Table 2

Effect on organ weights% of female rats treated with lyophilized fruit juice of PPL for subchronic period.

	Female
	Control	100 mg kg^−1	1000 mg kg^−1	5000 mg kg^−1
Lungs (%)	0.46±0.34	0.54±0.11	0.56±0.35	0.59±0.33
Liver (%)	3.06±0.32	3.52±0.31	3.04±1.18	3.34±0.60
Heart (%)	0.45±0.04	0.43±0.03	0.42±0.06	0.46±0.04
Kidneys (%)	0.69±0.06	0.66±0.07	0.65±0.14	0.73±0.16
Spleen (%)	0.45±0.08	0.56±0.15	0.52±0.06	0.54±0.08
Ovaries (%)	0.08±0.01	0.12±0.01	0.10±0.01	0.10±0.02

(% organ weights/body weights (g g⁻¹)) (𝑛: 7).