Table 2.

Serum biochemical parameters of the experimental groups

Experimental groups	C	D	DS
Glucose (mg/dl)	86.4 ± 5.8	104.2 ± 5.9	97.9 ± 5.3
Urea (mg/dl)	38.8 ± 4.9	45.7 ± 3.7	48.1 ± 5.2
Plasma protein (g/dl)	3.23 ± 0.18	2.91 ± 0.17	2.85 ± 0.16
Albumin (g/dl)	2.13 ± 0.21	1.94 ± 0.20	2.05 ± 0.13
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/l)	68.6 ± 5.0*	109.5 ± 9.7	86.5 ± 8.7
Alanine aminotransferase (U/l)	16.1 ± 1.8*	40.7 ± 3.9	30.3 ± 3.2*
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/l)	553.8 ± 58.1	577.5 ± 83.0	624.0 ± 54.0
α-amylase (U/l)	3773 ± 416	4091 ± 430	4522 ± 373
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	76.5 ± 6.3	83.8 ± 7.9	75.0 ± 5.5
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	61.3 ± 5.6	64.5 ± 7.0	61.6 ± 3.7
Cholesterol:HDL cholesterol ratio	1.28 ± 0.04	1.34 ± 0.05	1.22 ± 0.05

Data (n = 12 per group) are expressed as mean ± SEM

C control, D DMH group, DS DMH + supplemented diet group

^*p < 0.05 vs D group (highlighted in bold font)