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Table 3 Biochemical parameters of rats administered with JTME for 28 days

From: Toxicity assessment of the methanol extract of Jatropha tanjorensis (Euphorbiaceae) leaves

Parameters

Grp 1

(control)

Grp 2

(100 mg/kg)

Grp 3

(200 mg/kg)

Grp 4

(400 mg/kg)

Total protein (mg/dl)

6.95 ± 1.38a

6.05 ± 0.50a

6.08 ± 0.67a

6.17 ± 0.63a

Total bilirubin (μmol/L)

1.57 ± 0.28a

1.58 ± 0.31a

1.32 ± 0.17a

1.28 ± 0.23a

AST (IU/L)

94.00 ± 6.45b

76.83 ± 17.77a

74.00 ± 16.32a

77.67 ± 10.82a

ALT (IU/L)

22.17 ± 7.14a

24.33 ± 6.86a

17.17 ± 2.48a

18.83 ± 6.59a

ALP (IU/L)

72.67 ± 4.97bc

74.33 ± 4.23c

63.83 ± 3.76a

68.00 ± 4.38ab

BUN (mmol/L)

26.50 ± 7.06a

24.50 ± 5.96a

23.17 ± 6.55a

24.67 ± 7.74a

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.85 ± 0.10a

0.82 ± 0.10a

0.75 ± 0.03a

0.83 ± 0.12a

MDA (mg/ml)

1.61 ± 0.34a

1.14 ± 0.31b

0.82 ± 0.34b

0.96 ± 0.29b

  1. Data represent mean ± SD (n = 6); values with dissimilar alphabets as superscripts are significant at p < 0.05