Research Article
Antioxidant Potential of a Polyherbal Antimalarial as an Indicator of Its Therapeutic Value
Table 3
Effect of Nefang on biochemical parameters in CCl4-treated Wistar rats.
| Biochemical parameters | Group A (corn oil) | Group B ( CCl4) | Group C (CCl4 + 100 mg/kg Nefang) | Group D (CCl4 + 500 mg/kg Nefang) |
| GLU (mg/dL) | 124.07 ± 5.69 | 151.87 ± 5.03* | 160.04 ± 4.31 | 154.30 ± 10.69 | CHOL (mg/dL) | 86.98 ± 7.60 | 74.92 ± 7.69* | 135.71 ± 23.80## | 91.42 ± 5.03 | TGY (mg/dL) | 227.47 ± 5.89 | 142.28 ± 25.27** | 154.89 ± 18.60# | 166.01 ± 3.35# | ALT (UI/L) | 16.97 ± 2.05 | 97.38 ± 5.26** | 126.67 ± 12.08## | 54.78 ± 2.85## | AST (UI/L) | 35.52 ± 3.94 | 69.52 ± 1.29** | 63.77 ± 7.01# | 54.84 ± 7.75# | BUN (mg/dL) | 35.63 ± 3.01 | 40.73 ± 1.50* | 39.08 ± 3.32 | 33.12 ± 0.38# | CRE (mg/dL) | 0.77 ± 0.09 | 0.88 ± 0.83* | 0.88 ± 0.04 | 0.76 ± 0.05# |
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GLU: glucose, CHOL: cholesterol, TGY: triglycerides, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, BUN: blood urea nitrogen, CRE: creatinine. results presented as mean ± SD; ; significant difference: compared to normal control—*, **, compared to untreated control— #, ##.
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