In Vivo Investigation of Dietary Exposure to 5 Pesticides

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Body Mean 257.14 259.25 236.00 237.13 242.17 251.38 weight (g) St. dev. 19.81 14.93 19.11 15.03 12.50 13.80 Liver Mean 10.86 10.95 11.96 11.96 12.08 12.26 (g) St. dev. 1.40 0.89 1.42 0.98 1.11 0.89 R kidney Mean 0.89 0.91 0.92 0.88 0.92 0.92 (g) St. dev. 0.08 0.07 0.14 0.08 0.07 0.07 L kidney Mean 0.86 0.89 0.91 0.84 0.89 0.87 (g) St. dev. 0.06 0.08 0.13 0.08 0.06 0.07 R. adrenal Mean 23.77 26.24 19.69 22.90 21.19 22.83 (mg) St. dev. 7.02 4.52 8.21 3.86 2.99 2.38 L adrenal Mean 27.73 29.30 24.25 23.13 24.64 23.71 (mg) St. dev. 3.91 4.25 4.82 4.08 2.56 3.24 Spleen Mean 0.57 0.57 0.56 0.53 0.54 0.62 (g) St. dev. 0.06 0.06 0.15 0.06 0.10 0.07 Thymus Mean 0.58 0.49 0.40 * 0.40 * 0.43 * 0.43 * (g) St. dev. 0.13 0.10 0.09 0.05 0.07 0.05 Thyroid Mean 12.27 14.91 19.83 * 18.45 20.53 * 15.28 * (mg) St. dev. 1.09 2.95 7.61 8.95 9.18 2.94 R testes Mean 1.44 1.52 1.47 1.40 1.47 1.42 (g) St. dev. 0.03 0.10 0.10 0.07 0.14 0.26 L testes Mean 1.49 1.56 1.47 1.42 1.52 1.43 (g) St. dev. 0.05 0.11 0.10 0.07 0.19 0.26 R epidy- Mean 0.30 0.29 0.27 0.26 0.29 0.28 midis (g) St. dev. 0.02 0.04 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.05 L epidy- Mean 0.30 0.29 0.27 0.26 0.30 0.29 midis (g) St. dev. 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.02 0.03 0.05 Heart Mean 0.79 0.80 0.72 0.72 0.73 0.75 (g) St. dev. 0.10 0.05 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.05 Brain Mean 1.85 1.82 1.82 1.76 1.81 1.83 (g) St. dev. 0.08 0.10 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.07 *Significantly different from control (group 1), P<0.05.