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Table 4 Effect of oral administration of OE on serum biochemical profiles

From: An oral toxicity test in rats and a genotoxicity study of extracts from the stems of Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten

Tests

Male

Female

G1

G2

G3

G4

G1

G2

G3

G4

AST (U/L)

118.1 ± 15.9

110.0 ± 15.5

102.6 ± 13.2

114.3 ± 10.4

80.5 ± 11.0

81.3 ± 3.4

84.3 ± 14.7

85.9 ± 11.4

ALT (U/L)

27.0 ± 3.9

32.9 ± 7.5

27.4 ± 4.4

29.5 ± 4.2

21.6 ± 2.6

22.3 ± 3.2

18.0 ± 1.0

34.1 ± 2.4**

ALP (U/L)

190.4 ± 5.3

213.1 ± 39.1

192.3 ± 3.5

210.2 ± 42.6

135.0 ± 41.5

121.7 ± 13.3

126.8 ± 23.6

145.6 ± 27.3

CPK (U/L)

763.0 ± 156.9

578.3 ± 113.2

525.0 ± 16.6

628.3 ± 227.0

216.0 ± 14.7

232.0 ± 63.0

262.3 ± 217.2

181.0 ± 68.1

TBIL (mg/dL)

0.11 ± 0.02

0.11 ± 0.01

0.12 ± 0.02

0.11 ± 0.02

0.11 ± 0.01

0.11 ± 0.02

0.10 ± 0.02

0.14 ± 0.01*

GLU (mg/dL)

97.6 ± 5.4

110.7 ± 13.2

122.4 ± 27.7

108.1 ± 29.4

117.1 ± 6.4

122.0 ± 5.2

120.2 ± 3.5

110.2 ± 11.4

TCHO (mg/dL)

84.0 ± 10.4

75.7 ± 3.2

82.7 ± 3.8

79.3 ± 13.7

72.7 ± 9.0

75.7 ± 7.6

72.7 ± 8.3

77.3 ± 10.1

TG (mg/dL)

99.3 ± 7.6

74.7 ± 13.8

95.3 ± 25.7

88.3 ± 17.2

37.3 ± 5.0

28.0 ± 4.0

25.7 ± 5.0*

42.7 ± 6.0

TP (g/dL)

5.44 ± 0.19

5.40 ± 0.26

5.50 ± 0.14

5.44 ± 0.29

5.53 ± 0.10

5.42 ± 0.19

5.49 ± 0.25

5.33 ± 0.19

Albumin (g/dL)

2.92 ± 0.10

2.89 ± 0.09

2.93 ± 0.09

2.89 ± 0.13

3.05 ± 0.05

3.02 ± 0.12

3.04 ± 0.11

2.97 ± 0.14

A/G ratio

1.16 ± 0.02

1.16 ± 0.05

1.14 ± 0.06

1.14 ± 0.04

1.23 ± 0.05

1.26 ± 0.03

1.25 ± 0.06

1.26 ± 0.07

BUN (mg/dL)

9.6 ± 0.9

13.2 ± 0.8**

14.9 ± 1.5**

13.0 ± 1.4**

15.6 ± 2.3

14.2 ± 1.6

15.8 ± 3.1

13.7 ± 0.9

CRE (mg/dL)

0.37 ± 0.01

0.40 ± 0.05

0.36 ± 0.03

0.36 ± 0.03

0.42 ± 0.08

0.39 ± 0.02

0.37 ± 0.01

0.37 ± 0.04

IP (mg/dL)

8.95 ± 0.29

8.96 ± 0.31

8.79 ± 0.21

8.52 ± 0.22

7.88 ± 0.19

7.88 ± 0.41

7.52 ± 0.48

7.49 ± 0.51

Ca2+ (mmol/L)

9.80 ± 0.13

9.76 ± 0.11

9.87 ± 0.20

9.65 ± 0.30

9.85 ± 0.15

9.86 ± 0.12

9.90 ± 0.12

9.91 ± 0.07

Na+ (mmol/L)

141.8 ± 2.8

143.0 ± 0.8

141.9 ± 0.9

141.5 ± 0.6

140.2 ± 0.8

140.5 ± 1.3

141.5 ± 0.4

140.7 ± 0.5

K+ (mmol/L)

5.05 ± 0.57

4.91 ± 0.37

4.99 ± 0.17

4.87 ± 0.56

4.84 ± 0.34

4.84 ± 0.13

4.62 ± 0.08

4.41 ± 0.14

Cl (mmol/L)

98.9 ± 2.8

101.0 ± 2.0

99.8 ± 0.9

99.9 ± 1.0

103.5 ± 1.1

103.7 ± 1.5

103.9 ± 1.3

102.6 ± 1.2

  1. G1: negative control; G2: 500 mg/kg OE treated group; G3: 1000 mg/kg OE treated group; G4: 2000 mg/kg OE treated group
  2. AST: aspartate aminotransferase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, ALP: alkaline phosphatase, CPK: creatinine phosphokinase, TBIL: Total bilirubin, GLU: glucose, TCHO: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, TP: total protein, ALB: albumin, A/G: Albumin/Globulin, BUN: blood urea nitrogen, CRE: creatinine, IP: inorganic phosphorus
  3. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. **Significant difference at P < 0.01 levels compared with the vehicle control. Bonferroni’s post hoc test was used following a one-way ANOVA vs. G1, and the homogeneity of variance was tested using Levene’s test