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. 2009 Oct 15;7(1):40–46. doi: 10.4314/ajtcam.v7i1.57237

Table 2.

Effect of aqueous extract of H. pauciflorus leaves on liver and kidney functional indices of Wistar rats n=5; mean ± S.D.

	Doses (mg/kg body weight)
Parameters	Control	50	100	200
Liver body weight ratio (%)	4.20±0.13^a	4.32±0.86^a	4.20±0.11^a	4.19±0.36^a
Total protein (g L⁻¹)	68.00±1.22^a	69.40±4.50^a	70.60±2.19^a	69.80±1.64^a
Albumin (mmol L⁻¹)	17.80±0.44^a	18.00±1.00^a	18.80±1.09^a	15.40±1.51^b
Globulin (mmol L⁻¹)	50.60±1.34^a	51.40±3.50^a	51.80±3.03^a	54.40±0.89^b
Total bilirubin (mmol L⁻¹¹)	7.40±0.54^a	8.80±3.03^a	8.40±1.51^a	15.40±4.72^b
Conjugated bilirubin	2.40±0.54^a	2.40±0.54^a	2.30±0.02^a	6.40±0.88^b
(umol L⁻¹)
Kidney body weight ratio	0.78±0.12^a	0.80±0.11^a	0.76±0.04^a	0.79±0.06^a
(%)
Sodium (mmol L⁻¹)	140.20±1.30^a	141.00±1.87^a	141.80±0.44^a	141.00±1.00^a
Potassium (mmol L⁻¹)	5.22±0.25^a	5.20±0.18^a	5.28±0.32^a	6.18±0.57^b
Chloride (mmol L⁻¹)	103.80±1.30^a	105.40±1.67^a	104.00±1.87^a	103.40±0.54^a
Inorganic phosphorus	3.06±0.11^a	2.86±0.21^a	3.14±0.08^a	3.78±0.21^b
(mmol L⁻¹)
Urea (mmol L⁻¹)	6.96±0.1b^a	8.70±1.39^b	8.50±1.23^b	6.22±0.08^a
Creatinine (mmol L⁻¹)	44.00±2.34^a	44.80±4.76^a	34.40±7.70^b	37.60±7.23b^a
Alkaline phosphatase	328.40±12.45^a	345.40±7.49^a	349.40±6.43^a	343.40±4.72^a
(U/L)
Gamma glutamyl	5.00±0.00^a	5.80±1.30^a	5.60±1.34^a	5.00±0.00^a
transferase (U/L)
Alanine aminotransferase	54.80±5.97^ba	52.40±3.71^b	56.60±8.32^ba	53.20±4.00^a
(U/L)
Aspartate	209.80±9.71^a	200.40±8.39^a	193.4±14.56^a	248.00±8.68^b
aminotransferase (U/L)

Means with the same superscripts as control across the rows are not significantly different (p>0.05)