Table 4.

Effects of Me70 and its fractions on serum electrolytes in cadmium exposed rats.

Groups	HCO3− (mg/dl)	Na+ (mg/dl)	K+(mg/dl)	Cl−(mg/dl)
Control	10.43 ± 0.04	101.77 ± 0.56	28.24 ± 0.25	78.59 ± 0.04
Cd only	9.18 ±  0.04a	58.87 ± 0.02a	41.27 ± 0.25a	46.36 ± 0.42a
Cd + Chloroform	10.17 ±  0.02	70.52 ± 0.01a, b	39.69 ± 0.36a	66.23 ± 0.48b
Cd + Butanol	10.19 ±  0.02	96.43 ± 0.76b	29.08 ± 0.50b	66.09 ± 0.35b
Cd + Ethyl acetate	10.29 ± 0.04	66.76 ± 0.54a	29.24 ± 1.14b	55.11 ± 0.38a, b
Cd + Hexane	10.27 ±  0.02	61.80 ± 0.45a	38.88 ± 0.48a	65.71 ± 0.50b
Cd + Aqueous	10.17 ±  0.03	87.80 ± 0.48b	28.09 ± 0.49b	56.09 ± 0.22a, b
Cd + Me70	10.20 ±  0.01	95.80 ± 0.85b	29.16 ± 0.06b	65.80 ± 0.33b
Me70 only	10.18 ±  0.04	98.45 ± 0.23	26.89 ± 0.79	66.17 ± 0.04

Values are expressed as mean ± SD.

^ap < 0.001 vs. the control rats.

^bp < 0.001 vs. the CdCl₂-treated rats analyzed using Tukey’s test.