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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 11.
Published in final edited form as: Free Radic Biol Med. 2007 May 18;43(8):1124–1131. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.05.019

Table II.

Effect of Chromium Supplementation on liver function tests in STZ-treated Diabetic Rats

Control Diabetic (D) D+ 400µg/day
CrN		 D+ 400µg/day
CrP
N 6 6 5 5
Body Weight (g) 368±14 157±11 159±14 163±15
Total Bilirubin (mg/dL) 0.37±0.03 0.37±0.07 0.30±0.06 0.32±0.05
Conjugated Bili rubin (mg/dL) 0.10±.001 0.13±0.03 0.13±0.03 0.10±0.00
AST (U/L) 187.67±76.26 270.20±61.98 440.00±117.58 383.50±82.82
ALT (U/L) 63.67±3.60 222.83±93.51 222.50±34.66 220.75±60.27
AP (U/L) 14.83±2.75 41.33±3.80 61.25±25.56 52.60±14.91

Values are Mean±SE. There were no differences in values between D versus D+Cr-N or between D versus D+Cr-P groups. AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AP: alkaline phosphatase.