Table 3.

Result of serum biochemical analysis on day 15 of oral gavage administration of 500, 1000, 1500, and 2000 mg/Kg B.Wt. of SIE to female CF rats. NS represents the no statistical differences, when the test groups were compared to the control group.

	Parameter	Control group		500 mg/Kg B.Wt.		1000 mg/Kg B.Wt.		1500 mg/Kg B.Wt.		2000 mg/Kg B.Wt.		P value
		Mean	±SD	Mean	±SD	Mean	±SD	Mean	±SD	Mean	±SD
1	UREA	27.6	2.094	37.48	5.53	34.6	9.361	27.92	2.172	31.02	5.005	NS
2	ALT	69.4	14.049	87.64	27.677	72.22	11.336	65.44	7.158	58.62	8.545	NS
3	AST	227.76	18.709	249.92	20.422	273.9	23.13	233.68	37.570	222.28	38.749	NS
4	ALP	785.3	107.7	725.60	187.7	728.80	46.32	711.80	102.20	741.6	117.10	NS
5	TG	35.56	9.916	38.48	10.185	42.24	9.333	39.3	3.903	46.26	11.007	NS
6	TCHO	58.9	10.342	62.9	6.264	65.32	27.640	60.38	7.960	55.36	11.083	NS
7	TP	6.958	0.370	7.558	0.585	7.722	1.865	7.41	0.208	7.344	0.368	NS
8	ALB	3.358	0.138	3.574	0.277	3.84	30.315	3.518	0.216	3.528	0.207	NS
9	GLU	144.56	32.497	167.16	98.128	97.12	50.640	95.92	33.358	134.64	28.068	NS
10	Ca	9.958	1.306	9.928	1.511	10.818	0.484	10.206	0.579	10.414	0.896	NS
11	IP	9.06	1.593	10.922	1.766	10.054	4.495	8.61	0.993	8.758	1.175	NS
12	TBIL	0.15	0.034	0.15	0.024	0.14	0.171	0.148	0.033	0.17	0.041	NS
13	CREA	0.495	0.020	0.612	0.057	0.548	0.045	0.51	0.064	0.528	0.068	NS
14	BUN	12.86	0.970	17.470	2.587	14.700	3.449	13.004	1.017	14.518	2.302	NS

Urea, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), triglycerides (TG), total cholesterol (TCHO), total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), total glucose (GLU), calcium (Ca), inorganic phosphorus (IP), total bilirubin (TBIL), creatinine (CREA), and blood urea nitrogen (BUN).