Table 7. Summary of relative organ weight data in mice inhaling 1,2-dichlorobenzene for 90 days
Organs (%) | Groups (ppm) |
Control | T1 (30) | T2 (60) | T3 (120) |
N (Male) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Adrenal glands | 0.0154 ± 0.00325 | 0.0206 ± 0.00844 | 0.0159 ± 0.00715 | 0.0151 ± 0.00576 |
Brain | 1.3817 ± 0.08392 | 1.5508 ± 0.10332** | 1.4932 ± 0.07216* | 1.4471 ± 0.07831 |
Epididymides | 0.2767 ± 0.03049 | 0.3190 ± 0.02259** | 0.3085 ± 0.02236* | 0.3082 ± 0.03361* |
Heart | 0.3954 ± 0.02492 | 0.4073 ± 0.02729 | 0.4114 ± 0.02993 | 0.3829 ± 0.02065 |
Kidneys | 1.3764 ± 0.09646 | 1.4373 ± 0.08849 | 1.4433 ± 0.06828 | 1.4020 ± 0.05840 |
Liver | 3.9860 ± 0.43985 | 3.8307 ± 0.39814 | 3.8511 ± 0.33944 | 4.2722 ± 0.37117 |
Lung | 0.1770 ± 0.02601 | 0.2043 ± 0.02037* | 0.1860 ± 0.01117 | 0.1828 ± 0.02012 |
Spleen | 0.2164 ± 0.02127 | 0.1869 ± 0.01562** | 0.1778 ± 0.01622** | 0.1926 ± 0.01693* |
Testes | 0.6607 ± 0.05937 | 0.7518 ± 0.04072** | 0.7170 ± 0.04892* | 0.6998 ± 0.03970 |
Thymus | 0.0908 ± 0.00883 | 0.0977 ± 0.01869 | 0.0947 ± 0.00732 | 0.1009 ± 0.01809 |
N (Female) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Adrenal glands | 0.0429 ± 0.00644 | 0.0430 ± 0.00756 | 0.0397 ± 0.00577 | 0.0376 ± 0.00870 |
Brain | 1.9318 ± 0.06903 | 1.881 ± 0.06855 | 1.8806 ± 0.089614 | 1.8327 ± 0.05827* |
Heart | 0.4397 ± 0.02632 | 0.4150 ± 0.02610 | 0.4182 ± 0.02896 | 0.4163 ± 0.01732 |
Kidneys | 1.2002 ± 0.04937 | 1.1843 ± 0.06135 | 1.2138 ± 0.05535 | 1.1980 ± 0.05764 |
Liver | 4.1389 ± 0.33508 | 4.1313 ± 0.52865 | 4.1577 ± 0.44517 | 4.3813 ± 0.27266 |
Lung | 0.2467 ± 0.04883 | 0.2391 ± 0.01623 | 0.2298 ± 0.03116 | 0.2203 ± 0.01530 |
Ovaries | 0.0572 ± 0.00735 | 0.0479 ± 0.00782 | 0.0681 ± 0.04969 | 0.0125 ± 0.00207 |
Spleen | 0.3611 ± 0.02628 | 0.2654 ± 0.03248** | 0.2852 ± 0.03233** | 0.2994 ± 0.02909** |
Thymus | 0.1423 ± 0.02518 | 0.1325 ± 0.03218 | 0.1293 ± 0.01131 | 0.1368 ± 0.01881 |
Uterus | 0.6210 ± 0.16142 | 0.6055 ± 0.16109 | 0.5712 ± 0.15539 | 0.5870 ± 0.17213 |
Data are expressed as the mean ± S.D.
Dunnett’s LSD test significant at the 0.05 level.
Dunnett’s LSD test significant at the 0.01 level.
N, number of animals examined.