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