Table 10.
Urinalysis of rats treated with sericin extract for 90 days.
| Dose (mg/kg) | Number of abnormal color/clarity | SG | pH | Number of positive | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBC | KET | NIT | URO | BIL | PRO | GLU | BLD | Cr | Ca | MA | ||||
| Male | ||||||||||||||
| 1000 | 0 | 1.014 ± 0.003 | 7.7 ± 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 500 | 0 | 1.016 ± 0.003 | 7.6 ± 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 250 | 0 | 1.014 ± 0.003 | 7.5 ± 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Control | 0 | 1.013 ± 0.003 | 7.7 ± 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Female | ||||||||||||||
| 1000 | 0 | 1.015 ± 0.004 | 7.6 ± 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 500 | 0 | 1.015 ± 0.004 | 7.4 ± 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 250 | 0 | 1.014 ± 0.004 | 7.6 ± 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Control | 0 | 1.014 ± 0.003 | 7.5 ± 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Note: The values of SG and pH represent the mean ± standard deviation of 10 rats. SG: specific gravity; WBC: white blood cell; KET: ketone body; NIT: nitrite; URO: urobilinogen; BIL: bilirubin; PRO: protein; GLU: glucose; BLD: occult blood; Cr: creatinine; Ca: calcium; MA: microalbumin. The values of the treatment groups did not differ statistically from the control according to one-way ANOVA at p < 0.05.