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Table 1 The effects of oral administration of extracts (aqueous or ethanol) of A. wilkesiana leaves on serum sodium, potassium, chloride and calcium concentrations of salt-loaded rabbits

From: ACALYPHA WILKESIANA regulates fluid volume but affects selected tissues in salt loaded rabbits

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GROUP

SERUM

DAY

1 (Cont. Salt)

2 (Salt+Aq. Ext)

3 (Salt +Et. Ext)

4 (Salt+DW)

5 (Control)

ā€ƒSODIUM (mEq/l)

71

123.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.67ax

120.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.85ax

124.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.03ax

124.33ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.70ax

104.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.88bx

78

122.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.33dx

103.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰5.84ey

115.00ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4.00cx

117.00ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.00cx

106.33ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.45cx

ā€ƒPOTASSIUM (mEq/l)

71

13.40ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.56ax

12.87ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.5ax

9.33ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.50ax

7.17ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.37ax

8.63ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.67ax

78

5.30ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.66by 60% decrease

4.50ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.15by 65% decrease

5.37ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.73by 42% decrease

4.33ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.37bx 40% decrease

6.50ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.81bx 25% decrease

ā€ƒCHLORIDE (mEq/l)

71

102.12ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.69a

112.43ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.25ax

102.38ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.38ax

108.73ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.59ax

96.30ā€‰Ā±ā€‰9.51ax

78

74.68ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.78b

69.06ā€‰Ā±ā€‰9.06by

82.45ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.53bx

85.87ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.65bx

85.51ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.63bx

ā€ƒCALCIUM (mg/dl)

71

9.60ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.37ax

9.24ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.07bx

9.81ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.09ax

9.78ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.18ax

10.36ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.23ax

78

10.45ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.04dx

9.83ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.16dx

9.20ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.64cx

10.17ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.36dx

10.84ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.11dx

  1. Data are presented as Means Ā± S.E.M (nā€‰=ā€‰6). Means with different symbol x, y along columns and a, b, c & d along rows are significantly different (pā€‰<ā€‰0.05)