Effects of Biochemical Alteration in Animal Model after Short-Term Exposure of Jatropha curcas (Linn) Leaf Extract
Table 3
Effects of methanolic leaf extract of J. curcas on plasma biochemical parameters of laboratory rats (, mean ± SD).
Parameter
Doses of extract (mg/kg body weight)
Control
500
1000
2000
ALT (U/L)
21.03 ± 0.47a
19.93 ± 0.83ab
22.03 ± 0.93ab
25.07 ± 1.85a
AST (U/L)
19.05 ± 1.03a
24.05 ± 0.93a
25.47 ± 0.46ab
24.93 ± 1.09a
ALP (U/L)
43.03 ± 0.84a
48.03 ± 1.03a
45.04 ± 1.39a
51.09 ± 3.04a
GGT (U/L)
28.72 ± 3.29a
29.54 ± 4.12ab
30.60 ± 2.46a
33.62 ± 3.01ab
Albumin (mmol/L)
19.50 ± 0.85a
19.12 ± 0.15a
18.56 ± 1.74a
17.31 ± 2.10a
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)
12.53 ± 0.71a
11.38 ± 0.21a
11.01 ± 2.08a
9.50 ± 0.53a
Total protein (g/L)
6.07 ± 0.52a
7.99 ± 0.62b
5.80 ± 0.32b
5.94 ± 0.46a
BUN (mg/dL)
8.03 ± 2.01a
10.90 ± 1.84ab
9.91 ± 0.73a
11.05 ± 1.89b
Glucose (mmol/L)
5.59 ± 0.01a
5.78 ± 0.01a
5.71 ± 0.02a
5.40 ± 0.20a
Potassium (mmol/L)
6.95 ± 1.13a
5. 52 ± 0.18a
5.94 ± 0.15a
5.96 ± 0.25a
Sodium (mmol/L)
145.33 ± 2.51a
146.52 ± 3.17a
143.76 ± 0.68a
141.98 ± 0.82a
Chloride (mmol/L)
125.5 ± 3.52a
110.45 ± 2.53ab
98.51 ± 1.15a
95.78 ± 1.58a
Calcium (mmol/L)
5.54 ± 0.12a
4.85 ± 0.01a
5.01 ± 0.05b
5.15 ± 0.04a
Urea (mmol/L)
6.08 ± 0.21a
7.89 ± 1.50a
7.45 ± 0.58a
6.50 ± 0.15a
Creatinine (mmol/L)
0.56 ± 0.23ab
0.73 ± 0.23b
0.48 ± 0.35a
0.66 ± 0.34b
WBC count (×109/L)
16.20 ± 2.5a
7.53 ± 1.60b
9.02 ± 1.5b
8.9 ± 2.4b
Platelets (×109/L)
789.45 ± 5.84a
734.01 ± 2.52c
650.53 ± 7.89c
645.32 ± 3.50b
Basophils (%)
0.85 ± 0.51a
0.55 ± 0.01a
0.53 ± 0.21a
0.50 ± 0.35a
Monocytes (%)
27.56 ± 3.21a
15.65 ± 4.50c
12.89 ± 5.01c
18.98 ± 2.51b
Hg (g/L)
12.80 ±1.6ab
10.04 ± 2.04a
9.03 ± 2.09ac
8.9 ± 1.76ab
RBC (×109/L)
8.75 ± 0.05a
9.84 ± 0.51a
8.70 ± 0.53a
8.45 ± 0.15a
PCV (L/L)
0.50 ± 0.03a
0.52 ± 0.2bc
0.48 ± 0.02ab
0.47 ± 0.04ac
MCHC (g/dL)
29.50 ± 1.52a
32.55 ± 0.52a
31.81 ± 1.20a
31.50 ± 0.51a
LUC (%)
8.95 ± 1.05a
10.25 ± 0.78a
9.85 ± 1.07a
8.45 ± 0.36a
Means with the same letter are not significantly different (). Legend: alanine transaminase (ALT); aspartate transaminase (AST); alkaline phosphatase (ALP); gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT); blood urea nitrogen (BUN); haemoglobin (Hg); pack cell volume (PCV); white blood cell (WBC); red blood cell (RBC); mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC); large unstained cell (LUC).