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. 2014 Nov 7;3(1):e00084. doi: 10.1002/prp2.84

Table 3.

Summary of 28-day lorcaserin treatment on clinical chemistry and major organ weights

Clinical chemistry
Percent organ weights
ALB GLOB AST ALT ALP TBIL BUN CRE Brain Kidneys Heart Whole liver
Vehicle 40 ± 2 40 ± 2 117 ± 20 59 ± 13 176 ± 15 3.2 ± 0.8 5.9 ± 0.5 50.6 ± 5.7 0.30 ± 0.01 0.46 ± 0.02 0.26 ± 0.01 2.64 ± 0.09
Lorcaserin 1 mg/kg 40 ± 2 37 ± 2 106 ± 10 30 ± 3 175 ± 13 3.4 ± 0.6 5.4 ± 0.5 42.0 ± 2.4 0.29 ± 0.01 0.49 ± 0.01 0.25 ± 0.01 2.79 ± 0.12
Lorcaserin 2 mg/kg 33 ± 4 39 ± 3 90 ± 16 31 ± 7 160 ± 24 2.6 ± 0.6 5.1 ± 0.4 39.6 ± 8.7 0.30 ± 0.02 0.54 ± 0.03 0.27 ± 0.01 2.61 ± 0.09

These values all fall within normal range for SD rats (Petterino and Argentino-Storino 2006). ALB, albumin (g/L); GLOB, globulin (g/L); AST, aspartyl transaminase (U/L); ALT, alanine transaminase (U/L); ALP, alkaline phosphatase (U/L); TBIL, total bilirubin (μmol/L); BUN, blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L); CRE, creatinine (μmol/L).