Table 5.
Blood biochemistry of red hybrid tilapia fed diets containing different levels of papaya leaf extract for 12 weeks, n = 3.
| Plasma index | Experimental diets |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 % | 0.5 % | 1.0 % | 2.0 % | 4.0 % | |
| ALB (g/dl) | 1.34 ± 0.26 | 1.56 ± 0.07 | 1.49 ± 0.11 | 1.46 ± 0.09 | 1.45 ± 0.08 |
| TP (g/dl) | 2.93 ± 0.17 | 2.84 ± 0.08 | 3.10 ± 0.25 | 3.44 ± 0.43 | 3.23 ± 0.32 |
| CREA (mg/dl) | 0.99 ± 0.12 | 0.87 ± 0.07 | 0.94 ± 0.05 | 0.86 ± 0.12 | 0.83 ± 0.04 |
| BUN (mg/dl) | 2.53 ± 0.07bc | 2.63 ± 0.07c | 2.45 ± 0.02abc | 2.23 ± 0.13a | 2.29 ± 0.11ab |
| ALT (u/l) | 23.30 ± 0.70 | 22.93 ± 0.64 | 24.53 ± 0.64 | 23.57 ± 1.09 | 23.30 ± 0.87 |
| ALKP (u/l) | 34.93 ± 2.32 | 42.77 ± 9.47 | 45.27 ± 8.62 | 37.50 ± 1.91 | 35.63 ± 0.64 |
| CHOL (mg/dl) | 27.33 ± 3.01 | 25.17 ± 1.73 | 25.70 ± 1.48 | 26.13 ± 1.99 | 25.67 ± 1.55 |
| CA (mg/dl) | 5.69 ± 0.36 | 6.34 ± 0.29 | 6.03 ± 0.28 | 6.03 ± 0.28 | 5.50 ± 0.31 |
Abbreviations: ALT-Alanine aminotransferase; ALB-Albumin; AST-Aspartate aminotransferase; ALKP-Alkaline phosphatase; TBIL-Total bilirubin; CHOL-Cholesterol; CREA-Creatine; GGT-Gammaglutamyltransferase; GLU-Glucose; BUN-Blood urea nitrogen; GLOB-Globulin; TP-Total protein.