Table 4.
Effect of one-week post treatment by NTZ, red and white pomegranate peel on serum protein profile and liver enzymes in healthy and Cryptosporidium experimentally infected mice
| Parameters | Animals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy mice | Cryptosporidium experimentally infected mice | ||||
| Infected non-treated | One-weeks post treatment | ||||
| NTZ | Red pomegranate peel | White pomegranate peel | |||
| Total Protein (gm %) | 7.49 ± 0.74 | 6.15 ± 0.42 | 6.21 ± 0.62 | 7.04 ± 0.61 | 6.28 ± 0.34 |
| Albumin (gm %) | 3.72 ± 0.1** | 2.42 ± 0.04 | 3.04 ± 0.12* | 3.51 ± 0.03* | 2.77 ± 0.33 |
| Globulin (gm %) | 4.0 ± 0.05** | 4.9 ± 0.01 | 4.39 ± 0.24 | 3.97 ± 0.02* | 4.62 ± 0.12 |
| A\G ratio | 0.83 ± 0.03 | 0.91 ± 0.05 | 0.84 ± 0.07 | 0.91 ± 0.02 | 0.83 ± 0.03 |
| Cholesterol (mg %) | 176.5 ± 6.9 | 198.54 ± 11.67 | 187.31 ± 8.3 | 184.61 ± 4.76 | 199.76 ± 5.97 |
| ALT/GPT (U/L) | 25.2 ± 3.1** | 74.82 ± 4.68 | 69.31 ± 7.15 | 63.41 ± 5.27 | 77.54 ± 3.66 |
| AST/GOT (U/L) | 128.8 ± 8.2** | 259.52 ± 9.65 | 225.1 ± 11.5 | 187.29 ± 4.39* | 238.12 ± 9.24 |
* and ** Significantly different than infected non-treated group at P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively