Table 3.

Effect of aqueous extract of Caralluma dalzielii on biochemical parameters.

Animal	Parameter	Dose (mg/kg)
		150	300	600	control
	U (mmol/l)	7.30 ± 0.86*	4.66 ± 0.35	5.73 ± 0.71	4.96 ± 0.27
	Cr (mg/dl)	0.7 ± 0.00	0.7 ± 0.00	0.7 ± 0.00	0.7 ± 0.00
	Na+ (mmol)	138 ± 2.8	134.8 ± 0.73	133 ± 3.01	138.4 ± 2.34
	K+ (mmol)	4.5 ± 0.32	3.96 ± 0.21	4.03 ± 0.31	3.8 ± 0.14
Female	Cl− (mmol)	95.3 ± 2.07	89.8 ± 1.56*	95.00 ± 1.91	97.2 ± 1.36
	HCO3- (mmol)	21.67 ± 0.52	23.6 ± 1.51	24.00 ± 1.08	23.2 ± 0.66
	Total Protein (g/dl)	6.33 ± 0.07	6.68 ± 0.18	6.43 ± 0.17	6.12 ± 0.44
	Albumin (g/dl)	3.00 ± 0.04	2.84 ± 0.11	2.80 ± 0.09	2.66 ± 0.19
	AST (U/L)	177.33 ± 5.47	169.6 ± 17.46	188.25 ± 3.90	194.2 ± 5.44
	ALT (U/L)	54.0 ± 10.11	47.4 ± 1.94	67 ± 3.61*	49.4 ± 1.78
	T. Bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.45 ± 0.11	1.156 ± 0.51	0.73 ± 0.05	0.582 ± 1.55
	D. Bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.10 ± 0.02	0.184 ± 0.06	0.20 ± 0.02*	0.112 ± 0.03
	U (mmol/l)	3.44 ± 0.54	4.90 ± 0.06*	3.53 ± 0.75	2.80 ± 0.26
	Cr (mg/dl)	0.82 ± 0.05	0.78 ± 0.05	0.85 ± 0.10	0.66 ± 0.06
	Na+ (mmol)	142.60 ± 0.87	142.00 ± 0.55	143.75 ± 0.85	144.40 ± 1.07
	K+ (mmol)	5.00 ± 0.03	5.00 ± 0.10	4.55 ± 0.26	5.00 ± 0.05
Male	Cl− (mmol)	101.80 ± 0.92	102.50 ± 1.17	102.50 ± 1.44	105.80 ± 1.53
	HCO3- (mmol)	25.00 ± 1.52	24.20 ± 0.86*	26.00 ± 1.47	27.00 ± 0.84
	Total Protein (g/dl)	5.80 ± 0.11	5.78 ± 0.17	5.63 ± 0.23	6.06 ± 0.24
	Albumin (g/dl)	3.12 ± 0.19	3.22 ± 0.07	3.00 ± 0.17	3.20 ± 0.12
	AST (U/L)	235.20 ± 6.66*	238.40 ± 18.43	257.75 ± 12.48*	203.00 ± 10.41
	ALT (U/L)	65.40 ± 19.26	68.40 ± 3.23	117.56 ± 11.26*	79.60 ± 5.49
	T. Bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.33 ± 0.08	0.76 ± 0.22	0.78 ± 0.20	0.50 ± 0.12
	D. Bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.09 ± 0.03	0.11 ± 0.02	0.08 ± 0.02	0.10 ± 0.02

Data presented as Mean ± S.E.M. *p < 0.05; U= Urea, Cr= Creatinine, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine amino transferase (ALT), T. = Total, C. = Conjugated, D. = Direct.