The Effects of Using Chemicals to Remove Slime from African Giant Land Snails Flesh during Processing on Some Nutritional and Biochemical Parameters

Table 4

Effect of the different treated diets on the biological parameters and serum enzyme activities of rats.

Parameters	Diets
	D1	D2	D3	D4
RWL (%)	^a	^b	^a	^b
RWK (%)	^a	^a	^a	^a
PCV (%)	^b	^a	^a	^a
RBC/mm^3×106)	^a	^a	^a	^a
ALT (U/L)	^a	^b	^a	^a
AST (U/L)	^a	^ab	^b	^c

Values are of 6 determinants, . Along the columns, values with the same letter (a, b) are not significantly different (). D1: control (washed without chemicals); D2: processed with lime-C; D3: processed with alum-C; D4: processed with salt-C; RWL: relative weight of the liver; RWK: relative weight of the kidney; PCV: packed cell volume; RBC: red blood cell; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase.