In Vivo Investigation of Dietary Exposure to 5 Pesticides

Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Body
Mean
179.38
171.75
164.75
168.00
166.13
170.13
Weight (g)
St. dev.
19.65
12.78
7.70
9.70
9.06
11.52
Liver
Mean
7.37
7.67
8.16
8.20
7.99
8.21
(g)
St. dev.
0.98
0.91
0.75
0.51
0.66
0.45
R kidney
Mean
0.66
0.65
0.63
0.60
0.64
0.65
(g)
St. dev.
0.07
0.03
0.05
0.03
0.04
0.05
L kidney
Mean
0.65
0.60
0.61
0.58
0.63
0.63
(g)
St. dev.
0.06
0.02
0.05
0.04
0.07
0.06
R. adrenal
Mean
31.46
31.25
31.05
31.18
35.11
32.64
(mg)
St. dev.
4.11
8.15
3.98
3.28
10.55
4.57
L adrenal
Mean
33.25
34.20
31.13
35.38
36.68
34.57
(mg)
St. dev.
5.54
12.05
4.32
5.95
9.04
3.49
Spleen
Mean
0.42
0.42
0.41
0.41
0.42
0.40
(g)
St. dev.
0.03
0.07
0.08
0.05
0.05
0.04
Thymus
Mean
0.47
0.45
0.35*
0.33*
0.38*
0.38*
(g)
St. dev.
0.08
0.06
0.02
0.02
0.06
0.07
Thyroid
Mean
11.60
12.83
18.50*
18.46*
13.99*
15.14*
(mg)
St. dev.
2.70
3.13
8.35
5.44
2.03
3.80
R ovary
Mean
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.04
0.06
0.05
(g)
St. dev.
0.01
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.03
0.01
L ovary
Mean
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.06
0.05
(g)
St. dev.
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.03
0.01
Uterus
Mean
0.40
0.41
0.36
0.39
0.35
0.36
(g)
St. dev.
0.10
0.15
0.14
0.12
0.17
0.10
Heart
Mean
0.60
0.60
0.55
0.57
0.56
0.59
(g)
St. dev.
0.04
0.07
0.04
0.03
0.05
0.04
Brain
Mean
1.71
1.68
1.72
1.71
1.71
1.72
(g)
St. dev.
0.08
0.05
0.05
0.03
0.09
0.03
*Significantly different from control (group 1), P<0.05
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