Toxicity Evaluation of Anacardium occidentale, the Potential Aphrodisiac Herb

Table 6

Values of clinical chemistry parameters of male rats after the single administration of the hydroalcoholic extract of A. occidentale (AO) leaf at 14-day observation period. Values were as meanSEM (N=10).

Blood chemistry	Reference values	Vehicle	AO; 2 g/kg BW
BUN(mg/dL)	10.7-20	23.36±1.09	23.87±1.10
Creatinine(mg/dL)	0.3-0.5	0.56±0.04	0.45±0.02
Cholesterol(mg/dL)	37-95	60.36±2.04	60.27±2.56
Triglyceride(mg/dL)	27-160	38.29±2.92	42.13±4.73
ALT(U/L)	19-48	45.50±3.47	31.27±3.27
AST(U/L)	63-175	98.00±6.40	102.60±4.27
ALP(U/L)	36-131	78.14±6.50	48.33±7.28
Total
Bilirubin(mg/dL)	0.04-0.2	0.18±0.01	0.18±0.03

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP)