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Table 2 Effect of potassium bromate and/or strawberry leaves extract on serum total protein, albumin, urea and creatinine levels of different rat groups

From: Influence of ethanolic extract of strawberry leaves for abrogating bromate hazards in male rats

Parameters	Groups
Parameters	Control	150 mg extr.	300 mg extr.	KBrO₃	150 mg extr. + KBrO₃	300 mg extr. + KBrO₃
Total protein (g/dl) % of change	6.10 ± 0.35^a	6.12 ± 0.42^a	6.14 ± 0.38^a	5.15 ± 0.25^a	5.61 ± 0.14^a + 8.93%	5.72 ± 0.16^a + 11.07%
Albumin (mg/dl) % of change	4.58 ± 0.32^a	4.65 ± 0.31^a	4.74 ± 0.37^a	3.84 ± 0.24^a	3.99 ± 0.25^a + 3.91%	4.11 ± 0.27^a + 7.03%
Urea (mg/dl) % of change	39.98 ± 1.46^c	39.37 ± 1.16^c	39.87 ± 2.13^c	54.34 ± 1.31^a	46.21 ± 1.63^b − 14.96%	44.86 ± 2.46^b − 17.45%
Creatinine (mg/dl) % of change	0.68 ± 0.02^c	0.62 ± 0.07^c	0.61 ± 0.04^c	0.92 ± 0.05^a	0.83 ± 0.02^b − 9.78%	0.79 ± 0.03^b − 14.13%

Data are represented as mean ± SE. n = 8 rats in each group
Values in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)
% of changes between bromate group and bromate + extract either low or high dose

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