Table 2 Organ weight and serum hormone levels of 4- and 23-day-old male rats from each group.
| Â | No. | body weight (g) | spleen (mg) | thymus (mg) | testosterone (pg/ml) | estrogen (pg/ml) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4-day-old rats | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Control | 20 | 10.14 ± 1.11 | 51.4 ± O.1 | 24.1 ± 1.1 | 166.6 | 17.8 |
   Total-C-C | 24 | 9.90 ± 0.68 | 46.3 ± 1.0 * | 20.4 ± 1.4 * | 390.1 | 28.9 |
   Filtered-C-C | 25 | 9.55 ± 0.86 | 42.1 ± 4.3 ** | 19.0 ± 1.5 ** | 255.8 | 16.0 |
23-day-old rats | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Control | 10 | 32.35 ± 2.33 | 134.1 ± 16.1 | 108.4 ± 17.4 | 361.1 ± 139.4 | 39.8 ± 19.8 |
   C-Total-C | 11 | 34.25 ± 3.61 | 144.5 ± 15.2 | 105.5 ± 15.1 | 497.4 ± 220.6 * | 40.4 ± 26.8 |
   C-Filtered-C | 8 | 32.84 ± 5.12 | 127.1 ± 20.1 | 93.2 ± 17.3 * | 659.5 ± 356.2 ** | 52.5 ± 22.4 |