Research Article
Safety Assessment of Ubiquinol Acetate: Subchronic Toxicity and Genotoxicity Studies
Table 9
Effect of ubiquinol acetate on clinical chemistry parameters in male rats.
| Parameters | Units | Group & Dose (mg/kg b.w.) | G1, | G2, | G3, | G4, | G1R, | G4R, | 0 | 150 | 300 | 600 | 0 | 600 |
| Glucose | mg/dL | 129.70±18.00 | 119.00±11.96 | 122.10±7.68 | 138.00±22.9 | 132.40±10.36 | 125.2±12.62 |
| Blood Urea Nitrogen | mg/dL | 16.30±1.77 | 15.80±2.04 | 15.50±2.17 | 17.50±2.42 | 11.80±0.45 | 13.40±2.51 |
| Creatinine | mg/dL | 0.31±0.05 | 0.34±0.08 | 0.38±0.05 | 0.37±0.05 | 0.28±0.05 | 0.30±0.04 |
| Cholesterol | mg/dL | 57.60±8.71 | 57.90±7.88 | 57.5±6.79 | 64.00±11.32 | 68.60±9.07 | 68.60±8.08 |
| TGL | mg/dL | 47.80±13.42 | 41.20±16.2 | 43.40±10.46 | 40.60±8.72 | 52.00±9.82 | 50.6±14.42 |
| Total Protein | g/dL | 6.64±0.25 | 6.74±0.13 | 6.96±0.22 | 7.17±0.25 | 6.84±0.13 | 6.78±0.08 |
| Albumin | g/dL | 1.22±0.08 | 1.25±0.1 | 1.31±0.12 | 1.23±0.11 | 1.22±0.08 | 1.18±0.13 |
| Total Bilirubin | mg/dL | 0.06±0.05 | 0.10±0.05 | 0.08±0.04 | 0.11±0.03 | 0.10±0.00 | 0.04±0.05 |
| AST | U/L | 68.20±17.63 | 79.80±22.76 | 67.70±11.80 | 81.8±20.32 | 67.60±2.19 | 70.00±10.84 |
| Calcium | mg/dL | 9.26±0.35 | 9.26±0.27 | 9.31±0.39 | 9.11±0.4 | 9.62±0.22 | 9.80±0.35 |
| Phosphorus | mg/dL | 5.72±0.48 | 5.64±0.43 | 5.70±0.29 | 5.78±0.15 | 5.90±0.12 | 6.12±0.45 |
| ALP | U/L | 98.40±19.1 | 93.50±15.88 | 94.20±13.25 | 108.9±21.34 | 81.80±10.64 | 77.60±5.37 |
| ALT | U/L | 20.00±4.06 | 24.10±8.41 | 20.10±3.48 | 25.70±7.10 | 22.60±2.51 | 26.40±6.11 |
| GGT | U/L | 2.90±1.37 | 2.10±0.74 | 3.00±1.33 | 2.70±0.82 | 6.20±0.84 | 4.80±1.92 |
| Sodium | mmol/L | 135.19±1.32 | 134.40±1.05 | 136.09±1.7 | 134.16±1.42 | 136.94±0.76 | 135.7±0.61 |
| Potassium | mmol/L | 4.19±0.24 | 4.23±0.35 | 4.14±0.25 | 4.32±0.16 | 4.29±0.17 | 4.12±0.38 |
| Chloride | mmol/L | 107.13±1.19 | 107.03±0.78 | 107.53±0.84 | 107.78±1.85 | 105.60±0.82 | 105.22±0.72 |
| Globulin | g/dL | 5.42±0.30 | 5.49±0.18 | 5.65±0.17 | 5.94±0.31 | 5.62±0.16 | 5.60±0.16 |
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Mean ± SD for 10 rats/sex/group (G1, G2, G3, G4) and 5 rats/sex/group (G1R, G4R); : statistically significant compared to the control group (p < 0.05). |