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Table 3 Serum chemistry parameters of mice

From: Verification of the folkloric and anecdotal antidiabetic effects of Hypoxis hemerocallidea (Fisch., C.A. Mey. & Avé-Lall) and isolated, β-sitosterol using early-stage type II spontaneous diabetic mutant BKS-Leprdb mice

Full blood count Parameters

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Reference Range (Ref**)

Total serum protein (g/l)

45,83 ± 1,78

44,91 ± 1,85

44,02 ± 2,24

45,93 ± 1,88

44–58

Albumin (g/l)

22,06 ± 1,89

20,42 ± 2,80

22,15 ± 4,61

18,52 ± 2,77

26–38

Globulin (g/l)

23,75 ± 1,73

25,49 ± 2,40

26,87 ± 2,78

27,40 ± 1,98

17–22

Alanine aminotransferase(U/l)

26,78 ± 5,03

28,76 ± 8,78

26,09 ± 7,42

26,55 ± 3,73

31–57

Alkaline phosphatase (U/l)

73,27 ± 17,36

66,80 ± 13,75

68,64 ± 14,16

69,91 ± 12,76

55–100

Urea nitrogen (mmol/l)

7,00 ± 0,53

5,94 ± 0,62

5,94 ± 0,85

5,80 ± 0,90

1,3–7

Creatinine (mmol/l)

< 18 ± 0,00

< 20,00 ± 1,41

< 18 ± 0,00

< 18 ± 0.00

0,016-0,02

Cholesterol (mmol/l)

4,23 ± 0,16

3,10 ± 1,98

4,19 ± 0,20

2,56 ± 0,19

4,05-5,49

Triglyceride (mmol/l)

1,31 ± 0,21

1,11 ± 0,44

1,36 ± 0,21

1,08 ± 0,29

2,05-5,4

Glucose (mmol/l)

21,63 ± 0,21

19,91 ± 2,81

17,35 ± 1,18

10,20 ± 0,62

4–7

  1. Ref**Serfilippi et al. [27]