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. 2019 Nov 26;36(1):89–98. doi: 10.1007/s43188-019-00018-0

Table 1.

Urinalysis of male and female rats

Parameters Result Dose (mg/kg/day)
Male Female
0 500 1000 2000 0 500 1000 2000
Glucose (mg/dL) Negative 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Bilirubin (mg/dL) Negative 9 8 9 6 10 10 9 10
1 1 2 1 4 0 0 1 0
Ketone body (mg/dL) Negative 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 1
5 (trace) 5 6 4 0 2 7 7 8
15 5 4 6 8 1 0 1 1
50 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Specific gravity 1.011–1.020 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
1.021–1.030 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
1.031–1.040 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1
1.041–1.050 1 2 2 4 1 3 6 5
1.051–1.060 3 5 3 1 3 2 2 2
≥ 1.060 6 3 4 5 0 3 1 2
pH 6.0 0 0 1 2 1 3 3 4
6.5 0 2 7 5 0 0 3 3
7.0 5 3 2 3 0 1 2 0
8.0 2 3 0 0 9 3 2 2
9.0 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 1
Protein (mg/dL) Negative 0 2 0 0 8 3 4 2
25 (trace) 8 7 9 8 2 6 5 8
75 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
Occult blood (Ery/uL) Negative 7 8 7 7 9 10 10 10
10 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 0
25 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
250 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
RBC (Ery/uL) 0 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10
> 100 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
WBC (Leko/uL) 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Epithelial cell (mean/20 fields) 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Casts (mean/field) 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Urine color Pale yellow 1 2 0 0 6 0 1 0
Yellow 9 8 9 10 4 10 9 10
Amber 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Transparency Clear 3 6 8 6 10 8 10 10
Mild turbidity 7 4 1 3 0 1 0 0
Turbidity 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Urine volume* (mL/24 h) 7.5 ± 2.9 7.3 ± 3.4 8.8 ± 2.8 8.4 ± 4.3 9.7 ± 4.1 6.6 ± 3.1 7.7 ± 3.5 6.6 ± 2.4
No. of animals 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

*Values are mean ± SD