Table 5.
Blood biochemical parameters (n = 5).
| Item | Gender | Ginger (mg/kg) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 500 | 1000 | 2000 | ||
| (A) | |||||
| TP (g/dl) | M | 6.26 ± 0.18 | 6.18 ± 0.15 | 6.30 ± 0.20 | 6.34 ± 0.13 |
| F | 6.78 ± 0.15 | 6.62 ± 0.30 | 6.60 ± 0.30 | 6.62 ± 0.16 | |
| ALB (g/dl) | M | 3.94 ± 0.09 | 3.94 ± 0.09 | 4.04 ± 0.11 | 4.01 ± 0.08 |
| F | 4.42 ± 0.23 | 4.24 ± 0.13 | 4.16 ± 0.25 | 4.26 ± 0.15 | |
| A/G | M | 1.70 ± 0.13 | 1.76 ± 0.13 | 1.78 ± 0.08 | 1.80 ± 0.09 |
| F | 1.88 ± 0.21 | 1.95 ± 0.13 | 1.85 ± 0.11 | 1.89 ± 0.19 | |
| LDH (U/L) | M | 1032.0 ± 282.7 | 712.8 ± 227.9 | 402.2 ± 235.8* | 328.8 ± 214.7* |
| F | 445.0 ± 71.2 | 452.2 ± 101.2 | 526.8 ± 244.7 | 592.0 ± 134.1 | |
| AST (U/L) | M | 114.4 ± 19.4 | 98.4 ± 13.2 | 100.2 ± 17.4 | 104.6 ± 24.4 |
| F | 95.6 ± 3.1 | 100.6 ± 14.9 | 104.6 ± 15.8 | 98.8 ± 5.2 | |
| ALT (U/L) | M | 33.2 ± 5.6 | 37.2 ± 2.9 | 37.0 ± 11.1 | 33.8 ± 10.9 |
| F | 30.0 ± 3.9 | 33.0 ± 4.0 | 35.2 ± 5.7 | 29.6 ± 2.3 | |
| TBil (mg/dl) | M | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 |
| F | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | |
| ALP (IU/L) | M | 713.0 ± 139.8 | 623.4 ± 128.9 | 644.8 ± 138.8 | 693.8 ± 85.7 |
| F | 262.6 ± 68.8 | 333.6 ± 62.7 | 307.0 ± 41.4 | 275.2 ± 71.1 | |
| GLU (mg/dl) | M | 129.8 ± 16.4 | 123.0 ± 13.5 | 121.6 ± 4.6 | 124.4 ± 4.0 |
| F | 99.6 ± 7.5 | 106.0 ± 8.2 | 91.0 ± 5.3 | 93.4 ± 10.1 | |
| TG (mg/dl) | M | 76.4 ± 17.7 | 77.6 ± 22.7 | 98.0 ± 23.1 | 63.8 ± 17.5 |
| F | 94.0 ± 49.7 | 79.2 ± 32.9 | 76.2 ± 30.1 | 55.6 ± 24.5 | |
| TCHO (mg/dl) | M | 60.4 ± 7.9 | 68.2 ± 11.2 | 72.2 ± 8.5 | 70.6 ± 9.5 |
| F | 78.2 ± 14.7 | 74.2 ± 9.3 | 82.2 ± 14.4 | 83.2 ± 8.6 | |
| HDL-C (mg/dl) | M | 47.6 ± 5.9 | 55.2 ± 7.8 | 55.4 ± 5.0 | 54.8 ± 7.1 |
| F | 61.0 ± 9.4 | 56.4 ± 5.5 | 65.2 ± 8.8 | 65.4 ± 5.9 | |
| LDL-C (mg/dl) | M | 3.6 ± 0.6 | 3.6 ± 1.1 | 3.6 ± 0.6 | 3.6 ± 0.6 |
| F | 3.4 ± 0.9 | 2.8 ± 0.8 | 3.4 ± 0.6 | 3.8 ± 0.5 | |
| (B) | |||||
| BUN (mg/dl) | M | 14.4 ± 1.7 | 15.2 ± 0.4 | 16.0 ± 3.1 | 16.0 ± 3.5 |
| F | 25.8 ± 5.4 | 20.6 ± 2.3 | 21.0 ± 1.6 | 20.6 ± 3.4 | |
| CREA (mg/dl) | M | 0.42 ± 0.08 | 0.46 ± 0.06 | 0.46 ± 0.06 | 0.44 ± 0.06 |
| F | 0.52 ± 0.08 | 0.48 ± 0.05 | 0.50 ± 0.00 | 0.54 ± 0.06 | |
| UA (mg/dl) | M | 1.34 ± 0.33 | 1.26 ± 0.27 | 1.32 ± 0.23 | 1.52 ± 0.22 |
| F | 0.88 ± 0.11 | 1.18 ± 0.22 | 0.86 ± 0.09 | 0.84 ± 0.11 | |
| Na (mEq/L) | M | 142.8 ± 0.4 | 142.4 ± 1.5 | 143.4 ± 0.5 | 142.6 ± 0.5 |
| F | 142.0 ± 0.7 | 141.2 ± 1.1 | 142.2 ± 1.1 | 141.8 ± 0.8 | |
| K (mEq/L) | M | 4.5 ± 0.2 | 4.4 ± 0.2 | 4.4 ± 0.3 | 4.6 ± 0.2 |
| F | 3.9 ± 0.1 | 3.9 ± 0.1 | 3.9 ± 0.0 | 3.9 ± 0.2 | |
| Ca (mg/L) | M | 10.6 ± 0.5 | 10.5 ± 0.4 | 10.8 ± 0.3 | 10.8 ± 0.2 |
| F | 10.6 ± 0.3 | 10.5 ± 0.1 | 10.4 ± 0.3 | 10.2 ± 0.2 | |
| Mg (mg/L) | M | 2.5 ± 0.2 | 2.3 ± 0.2 | 2.6 ± 0.2 | 2.6 ± 0.1 |
| F | 2.5 ± 0.3 | 2.5 ± 0.2 | 2.5 ± 0.1 | 2.5 ± 0.2 | |
| Cl (mEq/L) | M | 98.4 ± 1.1 | 97.4 ± 1.1 | 98.2 ± 1.3 | 99.2 ± 0.8 |
| F | 101.0 ± 0.7 | 101.6 ± 1.1 | 101.4 ± 0.9 | 100.6 ± 1.5 | |
M, male; F, female.
*
P < 0.05.