Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Research Article

Acute and Chronic Toxicity of an Aqueous Fraction of the Stem Bark of Stryphnodendron adstringens (Barbatimão) in Rodents

Table 4

Biochemical parameters in male and female rats orally treated with F2 of S. adstringens for 90 days.


Parameters	Controls	F2 (mg·kg⁻¹)
Parameters	Controls	10	100	200

Male
Sodium (mEq·L⁻¹)
Potassium (mEq·L⁻¹)
Glucose (mg·dL⁻¹)
Triglyceride (mg·dL⁻¹)
Cholesterol (mg·dL⁻¹)
Uric acid (mg·dL⁻¹)
ALP (U·L⁻¹)
AST (U·L⁻¹)
ALT (U·L⁻¹)
Total protein (g/dL)
Total bilirubin (mg·dL⁻¹)		0.07 ± 0.04
BUN (mg·dL⁻¹)
Creatinine (mg·dL⁻¹)
-GT (U·L⁻¹)

Female
Sodium (mEq·L⁻¹)
Potassium (mEq·L⁻¹)
Glucose (mg·dL⁻¹)
Triglyceride (mg·dL⁻¹)
Cholesterol (mg·dL⁻¹)
Uric acid (mg·dL⁻¹)
ALP (U·L⁻¹)
AST (U·L⁻¹)
ALT (U·L⁻¹)
Total protein (g/dL)
Total bilirubin (mg·dL⁻¹)		0.15 ± 0.08
(mg·dL⁻¹)
Creatinine (mg·dL⁻¹)
-GT (U·L⁻¹)

The data are expressed as mean ± SEM. *, compared with control group (ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis test).