Table 1. Serum biochemical data for rabbits treated with OPG-chitosan (group III) or chitosan (group II) gels and untreated control rabbits (group I) at baseline and 6 weeks after treatment.

Parameter	Baseline			6 weeks			Normal range
	Group III	Group II	Group I	Group III	Group II	Group I
Sodium mmol/L	142 ± 0	142 ± 1	141 ± 1	143 ± 0	141 ± 1	141 ± 0.7	139–146
Potassium mmol/L	4 ± 0.1	5 ± 0.4	5 ± 0.7	3.8 ± 0.1	3.95 ± 0.1	5 ± 0.6	3–5
Chloride mmol/L	103 ± 0.7	102 ± 0	101.5 ± 0.2	100 ± 4.2	101 ± 1	99.5 ± 4	104–116
Urea nitrogen mmol/L	8 ± 0.42	7 ± 1.5	8 ± 0.2	6 ± 1.5	7 ± 0.07	9 ± 0.07	6.35–16
Creatinine µmol/L	77 ± 6	78 ± 2	77 ± 5	102 ± 15	77 ± 7	85 ± 4	60–140
Albumin (g/L)	41 ± 0.0	38 ± 1	41 ± 1	39 ± 4	40 ± 4	40 ± 1	20–40
Total Bilirubin (µmol/L)	<2	<2	<2	<2	<2	<2	2–5
Alkaline Phosphate (U/L)	102 ± 6	111 ± 8	110 ± 4.9	50 ± 10	81 ± 3	69 ± 3	17–192
Alanine Aminotransferase (U/L)	30.5 ± 3	94.5 ± 2	36 ± 15	35 ± 0	53 ± 12.7	52.5 ± 3.1	38–86
G-Glutamyl Transferase (U/L)	5.5 ± 0.7	5.5 ± 0.9	2.5 ± 0.7	6 ± 1.5	6.5 ± 1.4	5 ± 1.4	6–22
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	0.5 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.1	0.65 ± 0.2	0.5 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.15	0.75 ± 0	–
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)	1 ± 0.2	0.9 ± 0.1	1.1 ± 0	1.3 ± 0.3	0.85 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.1	–
HDL Cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.8 ± 0.2	0.61 ± 0.1	0.8 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.1	0.62 ± 0.1	0.8 ± 0.1	–

Notes.

Data are expressed as the mean ± SD of three rabbits per group.