Table 4.
Biochemical parameters for patients for the experimental period. Figures in square parentheses represent number of patients. Values are means + S.D.
| Biochemical | Day of Experimental Period | |||||
| Parameter | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 |
| Creatinine (umol/L | ||||||
| [30] | 88.9±14.9 | 85.4±11.6 | 96.6±50.3 | 72.8±16.2 | 75.0±13.8 | 82.5±19.6 |
| Urea (umol/L) | ||||||
| [30] | 4.94±1.65 | 4.91±2.62 | 3.87±1.51 | 3.52±1.22 | 3.85±1.42 | 4.69±2.03 |
| Aminotransferases (u/L) | ||||||
| ASAT [30] | 21.3±9.4 | 30.1±23.9 | 27.8±13.1 | 27.2±17.3 | 25.3±15.4 | 28.8±14.6 |
| ALAT [30] | 7.2±6.3 | 7.9±7.7 | 10.3±8.7 | 7.3±7.3 | 6.7±4.4 | 6.5±2.3 |
| Alkaline Phosphatase (u/L) | ||||||
| [30] | 84.5±56.2 | 95.7±63.3 | 90.0±47.1 | 132.2±61.4 | 102.8±84.6 | 125.8±76.1 |
| Bilirubin (umol/L | ||||||
| Total [30] | 12.4±6.5 | 16.4±9.1 | 17.9±2.9 | 15.0±7.1 | 17.7±8.0 | 15.1±6.2 |
| Direct [30] | 5.1±2.9 | 7.2±2.9 | 7.5±2.2 | 6.5±2.7 | 5.4±3.2 | 7.7±2.8 |
| Total proteins (g/L) | ||||||
| [30] | 77.2±4.3 | 69.5±5.4 | 70.0±9.0 | 75.0±6.7 | 76.9±6.7 | 81.6±4.1 |
| Total Cholesterol, random (umol/L) | ||||||
| [30] | 4.02±.98 | 3.60±.63 | 3.33±1.06 | 4.51±.92 | 4.18±.91 | 2.92±.86 |
| Glucose (umol/L) | ||||||
| [30] | 6.03±1.07 | 5.68±.98 | 5.32±.96 | 5.39±.81 | 5.29±.81 | 5.58±2.80 |
| Uric Acid (umol/L × 100) | ||||||
| Male [16] | 2.19±.69 | 4.31±1.05 | 4.17±1.54 | 2.64±1.08 | 2.55±.82 | 3.73±.84 |
| Female [14] | 2.12±.69 | 3.69±1.09 | 3.04±1.05 | 2.90±1.01 | 1.90±.27 | 2.95±.41 |