Antiulcerogenic Activity and Toxicity of Bauhinia holophylla Hydroalcoholic Extract

Table 6

Effect of orally administered Bauhinia holophylla (5000 mg/kg) on rats’ body weight and serum biochemical parameters.

	Vehicle	Bauhinia holophylla
Initial body weight (day 0)	196.70 ± 5.31	203.08 ± 4.73
Final body weight (day 14)	290.60 ± 8.29	298.45 ± 8.19
AST	82.00 ± 4.71	77.71 ± 2.22
ALT	43.42 ± 2.17	47.00 ± 2.70
Gama-GT	6.45 ± 0.58	5.65 ± 0.90
Alkaline phosphatase	271.57 ± 21.51	252.57 ± 26.51
Creatinine	0.30 ± 0.02	0.28 ± 0.02
Urea	51.71 ± 2.25	50.57 ± 1.11

Body weights are expressed in g. AST, ALT, -GT, and alkaline phosphatase are expressed in U/L; creatinine and urea are expressed in mg/dL. The results are reported as the mean ± SEM. Unpaired -test.