Inhibitory Activities of Zygophyllum album: A Natural Weight-Lowering Plant on Key Enzymes in High-Fat Diet-Fed Rats

Table 4

Serum electrolytes levels of control animals and HFD-fed rats. Values are given as mean ± SD for groups of 8 animals each.

Electrolytes	Control	HFD	HFD + fluv.	HFD + EZA
Na^+ (mmol/L)	138.85 ± 0.75	129.8 ± 2.46*	134.85 ± 1.01^*#	137.92 ± 0.92^#@
K^+ (mmol/L)	4.38 ± 0.19	5.48 ± 0.12*	4.8 ± 0.13^*#	4.42 ± 0.18^#@
Ca^2+ (mmol/L)	2.86 ± 0.07	2.23 ± 0.07*	2.52 ± 0.07^*#	2.83 ± 0.03^#@
Mg^2+ (mmol/L)	1.16 ± 0.08	0.81 ± 0.05*	0.98 ± 0.03^*#	1.2 ± 0.06^#
Cl^− (mmol/L)	111.15 ± 1.61	101.8 ± 1.67*	108.72 ± 0.85^*#	110.02 ± 1.76^#

WT: wet tissue. Values are statistically presented as follows: *𝑃<0.05 significant differences compared to controls. ^#𝑃 < 0.05 significant differences compared to HFD rats ^@𝑃 < 0.05 significant differences to HFD rats treated with fluvastatin.