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Table 1 Relative Organ Weight (%) of Rats Exposed to CD Gas for 6 Months

From: Six-month low level chlorine dioxide gas inhalation toxicity study with two-week recovery period in rats

Group

Control

Low

High

Organ

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Brain

0.36 ± 0.05

0.60 ± 0.06

0.34 ± 0.02

0.59 ± 0.04

0.38 ± 0.06

0.64 ± 0.07

Liver

2.50 ± 0.20

2.46 ± 0.19

2.43 ± 0.28

2.47 ± 0.15

2.47 ± 0.15

2.43 ± 0.26

Spleen

0.13 ± 0.01

0.17 ± 0.02

0.13 ± 0.01

0.16 ± 0.01

0.13 ± 0.01

0.16 ± 0.03

Adrenal gland (right)

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

Adrenal gland (left)

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.00

Testis (right)

0.29 ± 0.04

 

0.28 ± 0.05

 

0.32 ± 0.04

 

Testis (left)

0.30 ± 0.04

 

0.30 ± 0.02

 

0.32 ± 0.05

 

Ovary (right)

 

0.02 ± 0.01

 

0.01 ± 0.01

 

0.02 ± 0.01

Ovary (left)

 

0.02 ± 0.00

 

0.01 ± 0.01

 

0.02 ± 0.01

  1. Each value represents mean ± standard deviation of 10 rats