(a) Effect of geraniol administration on blood parameters of aged and young HFD-fed rats

Groups	ALT (U/l)	AST (U/l)	ALP (U/l)	ALB (g/dl)	T. protein (g/dl)	T. bilirubin (μmol/l)	Creatinine (mg/dl)	Urea (mg/dl)
Young control	37.64 ± 1.17c	99.64 ± 1.01c,d	91.57 ± 0.71b	3.52 ± 0.12a,b	7.12 ± 0.17a,b	0.41 ± 0.01b	0.43 ± 0.02f	10.40 ± 0.51c
Aged control	30.46 ± 1.02c	100.22 ± 1.66c,d	93.66 ± 0.83b	3.62 ± 0.30a,b	6.56 ± 0.08a,b,c	0.36 ± 0.01b	0.52 ± 0.02e,f	18.80 ± 1.59b,c
Young HFD	141.26 ± 0.41b	128.02 ± 2.18b	85.76 ± 1.65b	3.80 ± 0.14a,b	6.12 ± 0.05c	0.42 ± 0.02b	1.55 ± 0.06b	22.40 ± 1.29b
Aged HFD	184.28 ± 2.25a	239.88 ± 3.11a	190.92 ± 2.96a	2.46 ± 0.29b	4.36 ± 0.08d	1.82 ± 0.07a	1.87 ± 0.04a	47.80 ± 1.96a
Young HFD-geraniol	33.74 ± 0.99c	103.26 ± 2.33c	92.16 ± 0.87b	3.06 ± 0.25a,b	7.12 ± 0.27a,b	0.43 ± 0.01b	0.67 ± 0.02d,e	15.40 ± 2.01b,c
Aged HFD-geraniol	35.08 ± 1.17c	94.28 ± 1.18c,d	73.50 ± 1.17c	4.00 ± 0.17a	7.22 ± 0.06a	0.43 ± 0.01b	0.80 ± 0.04c,d	18.20 ± 0.37b,c
Young HFD-chromax	32.62 ± 1.20c	87.28 ± 0.88d	71.08 ± 1.66c	4.40 ± 0.13a	6.32 ± 0.10b,c	0.43 ± 0.01b	0.68 ± 0.02c,d,e	16.80 ± 0.37b,c
Aged HFD-chromax	36.88 ± 1.38c	93.18 ± 2.19c,d	72.88 ± 1.29c	3.90 ± 0.16a	6.44 ± 0.05a,b,c	0.39 ± 0.01b	0.91 ± 0.03c	11.80 ± 0.37c

Values are tabulated as the mean ± SEM (n = 8). Means of the same parameter with different letters (a–e) in each column are significantly different (p < 0.01); the largest values take the letter (a), and the smallest values take the letter (e).