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Table 2.

The levels of hexose, hexosamine, and sialic acid in liver and kidney of control and experimental animals.

Parameters (mg/g. defatted tissue)	Group I Control	Group II Fibrosarcoma	Group III Fibrosarcoma + I. aspalathoides	Group IV I. aspalathoides
Liver: hexose	19.44 ± 1.84	31.89 ± 2.72^a∗	23.55 ± 2.12^a@b∗	20.91 ± 1.66^{a NS}
Hexosamine	4.09 ± 0.36	8.86 ± 0.92^a∗	5.06 ± 0.46^a∗b∗	4.70 ± 0.32^{a NS}
Sialic acid	0.28 ± 0.02	0.76 ± 0.08^a∗	0.35 ± 0.04^a@b∗	0.29 ± 0.03^{a NS}
Kidney: hexose	18.84 ± 1.50	26.16 ± 3.05^a∗	20.18 ± 2.11^a@b∗	19.22 ± 1.75^{a NS}
Hexosamine	2.17 ± 0.17	3.39 ± 0.38^a∗	2.62 ± 0.20^a@b∗	2.27 ± 0.16^{a NS}
Sialic acid	0.30 ± 0.03	0.55 ± 0.07^a∗	0.36 ± 0.05^aNSb∗	0.32 ± 0.03^{a NS}

^aGroup II, III, and IV compared with Group I, ^bGroup III compared with Group II. Values are mean ± SD: N = 6, *p < 0.001, ^@p < 0.05, NS: not significant.