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Table 4 Effects of E. fluctuans and cadmium on body weight, liver and kidney function

From: Glucose and lipid lowering effects of Enhydra fluctuans extract in cadmium treated normal and type-2 diabetic model rats

Parameters

Days

N-C

N-Cd

N-P

N-PCd

DM-P

DM-PCd

Weight (g)

0 day

225 ± 14

223 ± 10

226 ± 13

234 ± 14

231 ± 13

220 ± 16

21 day

217 ± 16

203 ± 10**

221 ± 19

201 ± 25**

221 ± 10

187 ± 24**

SGPT (mg/dl)

0 day

58 ± 19

59 ± 8

53 ± 10

73 ± 29

72 ± 40

62 ± 13

21 day

75 ± 15

106 ± 39*

69 ± 21

123 ± 37***

87 ± 33

68 ± 13

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0 day

0.51 ± 0.06

0.48 ± 0.10

0.51 ± 0.06

0.56 ± 0.05

0.57 ± 0.08

0.56 ± 0.15

21 day

0.59 ± 0.08

0.60 ± 0.09*

0.58 ± 0.07

0.63 ± 0.07

0.52 ± 0.04

0.46 ± 0.05

  1. Results are expressed as Mean ± SD. Statistical analysis within groups was done using paired t-test. SD, Standard deviation; *, ** and *** indicate statistically significant (p < 0.05, p < 0.01 and p < 0.001) levels from a paired t-test