Table 5.

Effect of Chun Mee tea extract on liver and kidney function and blood lipid in rats.

Parameters	Control	9371 (little foam tea)	41022 (foam tea)
ALT (U/L)	33.25 ± 8.38	30.63 ± 5.95	28.38 ± 3.54
AST (U/L)	99.25 ± 22.83	87.63 ± 23.00	85.88 ± 16.53
Total proteins (g/L)	70.09 ± 3.32	72.43 ± 4.02	69.80 ± 5.94
Albumin (g/L)	33.30 ± 2.56	34.96 ± 3.70	34.34 ± 4.77
Total bilirubin (%)	24.46 ± 0.18	24.26 ± 0.24	24.76 ± 0.36
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	6.63 ± 3.07	7.50 ± 5.15	7.38 ± 6.67
Glucose (mmol/L)	8.06 ± 0.75	9.59 ± 1.53*	9.04 ± 1.37
Urea nitrogen (mmol/L)	5.26 ± 0.54	6.71 ± 0.83**	6.26 ± 1.13*
Creatinine (μmol/L)	2174.50 ± 17.02	2171.25 ± 22.80	2185.13 ± 18.18
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	1.34 ± 0.22	1.06 ± 0.11**	1.03 ± 0.20*
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.04 ± 0.21	1.01 ± 0.23	1.22 ± 0.41

Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean; n = 8.

^*p < 0.05.

^**p < 0.01, compared with the control group.

ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = aspartate aminotransferase.