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Table 2 Protective effect of C. album extract against HgCl2-induced alteration in plasma BUN, creatinine, cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL, and LDL levels

From: Ameliorating potency of Chenopodium album Linn. and vitamin C against mercuric chloride-induced oxidative stress in testes of Sprague Dawley rats

Parameters

Control

Mercury

Mercury + vit C

Mercury + C. album

C. album alone

BUN (mg/dl)

24.54 ± 1.44

34.03 ± 1.90**

30.49 ± 1.64

23.95 ± 1.20+++, −

23.74 ± 1.50+++

Creatinine (mg/dl)

2.13 ± 0.70

5.13 ± 0.97

4.97 ± 0.76

3.41 ± 0.84

2.11 ± 0.73

Cholesterol (mg/dl)

119.48 ± 1.93

140.78 ± 2.32***

157.13 ± 2.14***, +++

196.17 ± 2.54***,+++,−−−

116.28 ± 1.76+++

Triglyceride (mg/dl)

27.88 ± 1.86

34.42 ± 1.50*

29.94 ± 1.69

41.21 ± 1.31***, +, −−−

26.81 ± 1.79+

HDL (mg/dl)

138.24 ± 1.60

95.40 ± 1.27***

134.15 ± 1.93***, +++

130.62 ± 1.97***, +++

140.04 ± 1.59+++

LDL (mg/dl)

4.32 ± 0.04

18.50 ± 1.54

9.4 ± 2.81**, ++

8.31 ± 1.51**, ++

4.12 ± 0.06++

Testosterone (ng/ml)

5.74 ± 0.19

4.51 ± 0.15***

6.73 ± 0.96+++

8.08 ± 0.89+++

5.77 ± 0.21+++

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM; “*,” “**,” and “***” indicating significance level from control group at p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001 probability levels. “+,” “++,” and “+++” indicate significance level from Mercury group at p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001 probability levels, whereas “,” “−−,” and “−−−” indicate significance from Mercury + vit C group at p < 0.05, p < 0.01, and p < 0.001 probability levels, respectively