The Efficiency of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) Bran in Ameliorating Blood and Treating Fatty Heart and Liver of Male Rats

Table 7

Effect of barley bran supplementation for 8 weeks on serum liver, kidney function, serum lactate dehydrogenase, and creatine kinase-MB in hypercholesterolemic male rats.

Parameters	Statistics	G1	G2	G3	G4
		−ve control	+ve control	5% barley bran	10% barley bran
ALT; U/dL	Mean ± SE	34.40 ± 1.60^a	88.36 ± 1.72^d	78.78 ± 1.02^b	57.20 ± 0.51^c
	LSD 0.05 = 4.001
	-test
AST; U/dL	Mean ± SE	33.21 ± 1.30^a	78.65 ± 0.67^d	63.90 ± 1.09^b	51.25 ± 0.54^c
	LSD 0.05 = 2.536
	-test
ALP; U/dL	Mean ± SE	118.33 ± 4.86^a	222.67 ± 4.27^d	186.67 ± 1.99^b	160.33 ± 1.38^c
	LSD 0.05 = 10.783
	-test
GGT; U/dL	Mean ± SE	22.50 ± 1.47^a	68.50 ± 0.76^d	59.16 ± 0.94^b	44.66 ± 1.05^c
	LSD 0.05 = 3.079
	-test
Uric acid mg/dL	Mean ± SE	2.35 ± 0.26^a	2.63 ± 0.26^a	2.48 ± 0.26^a	2.51 ± 0.28^a
	LSD 0.05 = 0.930
	-test		0.98^NS	−0.27^NS	−0.80^NS
Creatinine mg/dL	Mean ± SE	0.54 ± 0.03^a	0.56 ± 0.03^a	0.55 ± 0.03^a	0.55 ± 0.03^a
	LSD 0.05 = 0.079
	-test		−0.22^NS	0.00^NS	−0.08^NS
Blood urea nitrogen; mg/dL	Mean ± SE	23.63 ± 1.72^a	23.93 ± 1.64^a	22.23 ± 1.69^a	23.31 ± 1.53^a
	LSD 0.05 = 5.461
	-test		−0.14^NS	0.45^NS	0.10^NS
Lactate dehydrogenase LDH U/L	Mean ± SE	178.00 ± 5.21^d	455.67 ± 8.80^a	402.00 ± 4.28^b	294.17 ± 4.51^c
	LSD 0.05 = 18.601
	-test
Creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB); ug/mL (mcg/mL)	Mean ± SE	20.35 ± 1.07^a	21.53 ± 1.00^a	20.90 ± 1.17^a	20.63 ± 0.98^a
	LSD 0.05 = 3.357
	-test		−0.78^NS	0.34^NS	0.97^NS

Data are represented as mean ± SE. -test values; ^***. ANOVA analysis: within each row, means with different superscript (a, b, c, or d) are significantly different at , whereas means superscripts with the same letters mean that there is no significant difference at . LSD: least significant difference.