Table 1.

Blood chemistry values

	Control	Treated	Units
Urea Nitrogen (BUN)	17.0 ± 0.8	15.3 ± 2.3	mg/dl
Creatinine (Creat)	0.4 ± 0.0	0.4 ± 0.03	mg/dl
Phosphorus (P)	7.7 ± 0.2	8.7 ± 0.3*	mg/dl
Calcium (ca)	13.4 ± 0.3	12.1 ± 0.6	mg/dl
Total Protein (TP)	7.1 ± 0.1	6.6 ± 0.3	g/dl
Albumin (Alb)	4.8 ± 0.1	4.2 ± 0.4	g/dl
Globulin (Glob)	2.4 ± 0.03	2.4 ± 0.1	g/dl
Cholesterol (Chol)	75.3 ± 10.1	68.8 ± 5.9	mg/dl
Total Bilirubin (Tbili)	0.03 ± 0.03	0.2 ± 0.1	mg/dl
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)	118.8 ± 20.5	135.8 ± 18.3	IU/l
Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)	49.5 ± 5.3	52.5 ± 5.5	IU/l
Gamma Glutamyl Transpeptidase (GGT)	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	IU/l
Sodium (Na)	144.0 ± 0.6	144.8 ± 1.3	mM/l
Potassium (K)	6.1 ± 0.2	7.9 ± 0.3*	mM/l
Chloride (Cl)	94.8 ± 0.8	100.5 ± 2.7	mM/l

^*significantly different than paired control (p <0.05)

Mean ± SEM of rats from the 48 hr treated and control groups (n=4/group).