Table 5.

Effect of a forty-day oral administration of Corrigiola telephiifolia extract on biochemical parameters of female Wistar rats.

		Corrigiola telephiifolia (mg/kg/day)
	Control	5	70	2000
Parameter
Na mmol/L	149.4 ± 0.7	148.0 ± 0.5	141.6 ± 1.0*	136.1 ± 1.7*
Cl mmol/L	117.3 ± 0.5	116.4 ± 0.3	110.1 ± 0.7*	106.3 ± 1.1*
K mmol/L	8.5 ± 0.5	8.2 ± 0.6	7.8 ± 0.5	9.3 ± 0.9
Mg mmol/L	1.6 ± 0.2	1.5 ± 0.2	1.5 ± 0.1	1.4 ± 0.1
Ca mmol/L	2.2 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 0.2	2.0 ± 0.1	2.0 ± 0.1
Iron μmol/L	51.6 ± 4.4	52.3 ± 3.7	53.6 ± 2.8	46.7 ± 4.0
Ph.org mmol/L	3.2 ± 0.2	3.3 ± 0.4	3.8 ± 0.5	4.3 ± 0.4*
Total Protein g/L	75.4 ± 1.0	74.1 ± 1.2	70.9 ± 2.0	69.1 ± 1.6*
Glucose mmol/L	8.0 ± 1.0	7.5 ± 0.8	6.7 ± 0.5	6.4 ± 1.0
Urea mmol/L	6.6 ± 0.2	6.3 ± 0.5	5.6 ± 0.5	6.0 ± 0.4
Creatinine μmol/L	26.4 ± 5.1	25.7 ± 1.3	22.9 ± 1.2	87.0 ± 15.6*
Bicarbonates mm Hg	16.0 ± 1.8	15.4 ± 1.1	14.0 ± 1.5	20.9 ± 2.1
Uric acid μmol/L	194.5 ± 59.7	183.7 ± 35.2	177.3 ± 43.6	175.6 ± 50.1
Total cholesterol mmol/L	1.7 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.1	1.6 ± 0.1	1.4 ± 0.1
Triglycerides mmol/L	1.8 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.2	1.7 ± 0.2	1.3 ± 0.3
Bilirubin μmol/L	25.4 ± 2.5	25.0 ± 2.4	24.4 ± 2.1	27.4 ± 2.9
AST UI/L	54.5 ± 6.1	55.1 ± 6.0	57.7 ± 6.2	78.5 ± 21.8
ALT UI/L	20.2 ± 1.7	21.3 ± 2.5	27.1 ± 5.0	33.7 ± 8.6
ALP UI/L	121.7 ± 10.8	115.9 ± 7.5	103.0 ± 9.9	202.1 ± 30.0*
GGT UI/L	1.4 ± 0.1	1.4 ± 0.2	1.5 ± 0.2	1.9 ± 0.2*

C. telephiifolia extract was administered daily for 40 consecutive days to rats (n = 8). Data are expressed as mean ± S.E.M.

*Significantly different from the control (P < .05).