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. 2018 Jul 30;8:11403. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29831-7

Table 4.

Results of the biochemical evaluations.

Biochemical analysis Units Placebo (N = 39) CH-a (N = 38) CH-b (N = 35)
Baseline Week 16 Baseline Week 16 Baseline Week 16
Blood urea μmol L−1 9.5 ± 6.3 12.7 ± 6.5# 7.9 ± 2.4 13.4 ± 4.0# 8.3 ± 3.2 12.0 ± 3.7#
Uric acid μmol L−1 267.3 ± 79.2 342.8 ± 85.9# 304.4 ± 84.8 328.0 ± 88.5# 281.3 ± 82.0 328.0 ± 88.5#
Serum creatinine μmol L−1 86.3 ± 113.1 75.3 ±± 14.3 71.4 ± 12.7 78.0 ± 20.0 69.1 ± 13.1 73.8 ± 16.4
Total bilirubin μmol L−1 9.8 ± 5.5 12.8 ± 5.2# 14.1 ±± 8.7 11.3 ± 5.8 11.9 ± 5.9 15.3 ± 15.4
Direct bilirubin μmol L−1 2.1 ± 0.8 2.8 ± 2.3# 2.4 ± 1.2 3.1 ± 3.0 2.4 ± 1.0 3.1 ± 2.7
SGOT u L−1 23.4 ± 8.4 29.6 ± 7.5# 24.2 ± 6.9 31.3 ±± 5.5# 23.7 ± 7.9 29.3 ± 7.6#
SGPT u L−1 20.7 ± 8.6 30.1 ± 8.5# 22.7 ± 14.8 34.3 ± 8.6#* 29.6 ± 37.5 32.3 ± 9.8
ALP u L−1 148.6 ± 57.0 197.2 ± 46.1# 146.8 ± 42.2 185.0 ± 52.9# 157.7 ± 53.3 185.0 ± 52.9#
Random blood glucose mmol L−1 5.9 ± 1.3 7.0 ± 1.6# 5.6 ± 1.2 7.1 ± 1.5# 6.3 ± 2.7 6.9 ± 2.3
Total cholesterol mmol L−1 4.6 ± 0.8 4.4 ± 0.9 4.6 ± 0.9 4.5 ± 0.7 4.4 ± 0.8 4.3 ± 0.9
Total protein g L−1 72.0 ± 4.3 73.4 ± 6.5 71.3 ± 11.0 75.3 ± 12.8#* 72.4 ± 5.6 74.4 ± 9.0
Serum albumin g L−1 41.9 ± 6.4 43.1 ± 5.9 41.8 ± 5.7 47.8 ± 6.5#* 42.1 ± 6.0 45.2 ± 7.5#

Data are expressed as mean ± SD values.

#P < 0.05 vs. baseline; *P < 0.05 vs. placebo.

SGOT, serum glutamic oxaloacetate; SGPT, serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase.