Table 7.

The effect of aloe vera administration for 13 weeks on rat clinical chemistires.

Parameter	Control male	WL aloe male	Control female	WL aloe female
Glucose (mg/dL)	221.0 ± 36.13	200.7 ± 59.92	190.3 ± 8.26	168.9 ± 34.28
AST (U/L)	61.14 ± 14.50	62.33 ± 8.45	71.17 ± 18.98	68.14 ± 12.27
ALT (U/L)	35.29 ± 5.22	41.67 ± 13.95	29.33 ± 10.29	25.86 ± 4.45
ALP (U/L)	147.0 ± 15.77	152.8 ± 5.91	167.17 ± 12.58	150.43 ± 28.81
CK (U/L)	190.43 ± 113.15	353.00 ± 380.35	204.50 ± 72.02	235.29 ± 132.17
Total protein (g/dL)	5.81 ± 0.47	6.02 ± 0.43	5.67 ± 0.45	5.25 ± 0.52
Albumin (g/dL)	3.06 ± 0.24	3.07 ± 0.16	3.23 ± 0.27	2.88 ± 0.23*
Globulin (g/dL)	2.76 ± 0.26	2.95 ± 0.28	2.42 ± 0.23	2.37 ± 0.31
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	103.7 ± 17.21	94.83 ± 6.85	102.8 ± 9.95	84.00 ± 12.81*
BUN (mg/dL)	21.29 ± 2.06	20.17 ± 1.60	17.33 ± 7.94	18.86 ±1.46
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.31 ± 0.035	0.32 ± 0.032	0.34 ± 0.02	0.30 ± 0.03
Calcium (mg /dL)	8.99 ± 0.69	9.37 ± 0.67	8.25 ± 1.26	7.46 ± 0.94
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	3.89 ± 0.41	4.00 ± 0.44	3.57 ± 0.38	3.03 ± 0.55
Sodium (mmol/L)	141.1 ± 1.22	140.7 ± 1.51	140.6 ± 1.97	142.1 ± 1.57
Potassium (mmol/L)	3.24 ± 0.30	3.50 ± 0.18	2.75 ± 0.14	2.59 ± 0.20
Chloride (mmol/L)	103.3 ± 3.15	101.8 ± 2.32	106.2 ± 2.14	110.6 ± 4.61
Bicarbonate (mmol/L)	25.00 ± 2.00	26.57 ± 2.70	23.2 ± 3.63	20.49 ± 2.68
Anion gap (mmol/L)	16.11 ± 1.50	15.77 ± 0.77	13.73 ± 1.67	13.67 ± 1.51

All values expressed as mean ± standard deviation. *P ≤ 0.05 compared with gender control.