Table 1

Table 1. Effect of the aqueous leave extract of Costus afer (CA) on the body weight, absolute and relative weights of organs
Treatment Groups	Final Body weight	Organs	Absolute weight (g)	Relative weight (%)
Treatment Groups	(weight gain/% weight gain)	Organs	Absolute weight (g)	Relative weight (%)
Water	99.9±7.77	Epididymis	0.27±0.01	0.27
Water	(27.10±7.45/37.23)	Testes	1.20±0.06	1.20
Pb Alone	114.52±11.3	Epididymis	0.60±0.00	0.52
Pb Alone	(18.98±6.43/19.87)	Testes	1.33±0.05	1.20
Pb+750mg/kg CA	125.7±10.2	Epididymis	0.13±0.00	0.10
Pb+750mg/kg CA	(21.04±6.65/22.46)	Testes	1.40±0.06	1.10
Pb+1500mg/kg CA	130±9.34	Epididymis	0.17±0.01	0.13
Pb+1500mg/kg CA	(20.8±6.23/19.05)	Testes	1.47±0.02	1.10
Pb+2250 mg/kg CA	196.3±11.6	Epididymis	0.11±0.00	0.08
Pb+2250 mg/kg CA	(28.98±12.39/17.22)	Testes	1.57±0.04	0.80
Data are presented as the mean±SD (n=5). There was no significant difference among the treatment groups and control values (p>0.05).