Table 5.

Biochemical parameters determined in normal rats administered daily with the aqueous extract from Cissus sicyoides (AECS)

Parameter	Result	Reference Values
Glucose (mg/dL)	88.5 ± 1.55	63.3 – 86.4
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	54.3 ± 2.74	51.1 – 71.5
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	54.2 ± 0.87	42.9 – 64.4
AST (IU/L)	78.0 ± 4.46	72.6 – 105.8
ALT (IU/L)	29.4 ± 1.20	19.7 – 31.7

Values are means ± SEM of 8 normal rats treated daily with 100 mg/kg, p.o., of AECS, for 7 days. In Reference Values, the intervals are means ± SD of 22 animals (male Wistar rats), from the Animal House of the Faculty of Medicine of Juazeiro do Norte – FMJ.